Gender and classifiers in concurrent systems

Refining the typology of nominal classification

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5836052
AutoresSebastian Fedden (The University of Sydney), Greville G Corbett (0000-0002-2667-9870, University of Surrey)
Año2017
Volumen2
Número1
Fecha de publicación2017-04-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaGlossa a journal of general linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2397-1835 • E-ISSN: 2397-1835
EditorialUbiquity Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.5334/gjgl.177
OpenAlexW2590052959
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas31
Referencias citadas20

Some languages have both gender and classifiers, contrary to what was once believed possible. We use these interesting languages as a unique window onto nominal classification. They provide the impetus for a new typology, based on the degree of orthogonality of the semantic systems and the degree of difference of the forms realizing them. This nine-way typology integrates traditional gender, traditional classifiers and - importantly - the many recently attested phenomena lying between. Besides progress specifically in understanding nominal classification, our approach provides clarity on the wider theoretical issue of single versus concurrent featural systems

CLARITY · Degree (music · Linguistic typology · Orthogonality · Gender Studies in Language · Linguistics and Discourse Analysis · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation