Classifiers can be for numerals or nouns

Two strategies for numeral modification

Datos Bibliográficos

ID22130862
AutoresCarol Rose Little (0000-0002-0327-9313, University of Oklahoma), Mary Moroney (0000-0001-6072-8691, University of Rochester), Justin Royer (0000-0001-9939-4078, McGill University)
Año2022
Volumen7
Número1
Fecha de publicación2022-11-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlossa a journal of general linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2397-1835 • E-ISSN: 2397-1835
EditorialOpen Library of the Humanities (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.16995/glossa.8437
OpenAlexW4301603763
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas2
Referencias citadas24

This paper compares two families of theories for numeral classifiers drawing on fieldwork data from two languages, Ch’ol (Mayan, Mexico) and Shan (Kra-Dai, Myanmar). We discuss classifier-for-numeral theories and classifier-for-noun theories, which we argue make different predictions based on the syntactic position and semantic contribution of the classifier in each set of theories. We argue that Ch’ol is a classifier-for-numeral language and Shan is a classifier-for-noun language. This analysis attributes the distinction between classifier-for-numeral and classifier-for-noun languages to cross-linguistic variation in the strategies for numeral modification. The proposed diagnostics are based on the semantic role of the classifier in numeral modification and can be used to distinguish between the two types of numeral classifiers across other languages

Linguistics · Natural language processing · Noun · Numeral system · Computer Science · Multilingual Education and Policy · Natural Language Processing Techniques · Philosophy · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation · Artificial Intelligence