The Semantic Role of Noun Classifiers

Denny, J. Peter

doi:10.1075/tsl.7.19den

In:Noun Classes and Categorization: Proceedings of a symposium on categorization and noun classification, Eugene, Oregon, October 1983
Edited by Colette G. Craig
[Typological Studies in Language 7] 1986
► pp. 297–308

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The Semantic Role of Noun Classifiers

J. Peter Denny

Published online: 1 January 1986

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.7.19den

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