Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald. Classifiers : a typology of noun categorization devices. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxvi + 535 pp.

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Kathleen Connors | Université de Montréal

Published online: 8 April 2002

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Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald. Classifiers : a typology of noun categorization devices. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxvi + 535 pp.

Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald. Classifiers : a typology of noun categorization devices. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000. xxvi + 535 pp.