Extreme classification

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5796271
AutoresSebastian Fedden (Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris 3), France; Surrey Morphology Group, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK(GB)), Greville G Corbett (0000-0002-2667-9870, Surrey Morphology Group, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey, UK(GB))
Año2018
Volumen29
Número4
Páginas633-675
Fecha de publicación2018-10-27
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCognitive Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0936-5907 • E-ISSN: 1613-3641
EditorialDe Gruyter Mouton (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/cog-2017-0109
OpenAlexW4211153916
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas6
Referencias citadas33

Categorization retains its key importance in research on human cognition. It is an intellectual area where all disciplines devoted to human cognition - psychology, philosophy, anthropology, and linguistics - intersect. In language, categorization is not only a central part of lexical structure but is also salient in systems of nominal classification, notably gender and classifiers. Recent years have seen great progress in the description and analysis of nominal classification systems, so that we are now in a position to offer an account of such systems which brings cognition and typology together, providing the essential parameters for the calibration of experiments for investigating cognition. To this end, we establish the extremes of nominal classification systems, from the surprisingly simple to the surprisingly complex. We analyse the two essential components of nominal classification systems: (i) assignment, i.e. the principles (semantic or formal) which govern category assignment and (ii) exponence, i.e. the morphological means by which systems of nominal classification are expressed. We discuss extreme configurations of assignment and exponence in individual languages and extreme multiple pairings of assignment and exponence in languages with two or even more concurrent classification systems

Linguistic typology · Categorization, perception, and language · Language and cultural evolution · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation