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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. v–vi

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Published online: 1 January 1986
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Table of contents

Prefacevii
Introduction1
I. On Categorization11
Classifiers as a Reflection of Mind13
Empirical Studies of Prototypes53
Components and Categorization63
Prototypes: Between Plato and Wittgenstein77
II. Typological Variation of Classifier Systems103
Noun Classes and Noun Classification in Typological Perspective105
Noun Classification in Yagua113
Graphemic classifiers in Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Mesopotamian Cuneiform133
Gender and Folk Taxonomy: The Indexical Relation Between Grammatical and Lexical Categorization139
The Classifier System in American Sign Language181
III. Semantic Features of Classifiers215
The Semantics of Noun Classes in Proto Bantu217
Numeral Classifiers in Austroasiatic241
Jacaltec Noun Classifiers: A Study in Language and Culture263
IV. Semantic and Pragmatic Functions of Classifiers295
The Semantic Role of Noun Classifiers297
Some Discourse Functions of Classifiers in Malay309
The Figure a Classifier Makes: Describing a Particular Burmese Classifier327
The Anaphoric Use of Classifiers in Japanese345
V. History and Acquisition of Classifier Systems377
The Convergence of Noun Classification Systems379
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Taking Stock: The Development of Chinese Noun Classifiers Historically and in Young Children399
Toward a History of Tai Classifier Systems437
Niger-Congo noun class and agreement systems in language acquisition and historical change453
Language Index473
List of Contributors479
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