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Nominal Classification in Asia and Oceania: Functional and diachronic perspectives
Edited by Marc Allassonnière-Tang and Marcin Kilarski
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory 362] 2023
► pp. 241–243

Index of subjects and terms

A
  • address terms59, 68–69, 86, 203
  • adjectives
    • attributive66, 102, 126, 147, 173, 206–207, 214
    • gendered58–60, 70–71, 75, 77–82, 90–108, 201, 218–220, 229, 231–236
    • non-gendered66, 92, 95, 102–103
    • predicative60, 66, 93, 102
  • adverbs3, 10, 15, 17, 25, 231
  • agreement4, 58–60, 62, 64–66, 87, 91, 94, 100, 104, 106–107, 193–194, 202–207, 213–214, 216–217, 220–221, 231–233, 236; see also concord
  • Altaicization148–149, 166, 230
  • Amdo Sprachbund2, 5, 162–164, 167–170, 174–179, 191–192, 194, 230
  • anaphora3, 10, 22–26, 33, 47–48, 51, 235
  • animacy30, 35, 38, 165, 183–184, 193, 231; see also nouns
  • animal terms4, 59, 67, 69, 75–76, 91, 94–104, 107, 231
  • ascribing properties to referents32–33, 37, 41, 44–46, 50–51, 234–235
  • Assam33, 136, 201–202, 215
  • Austro-Tai hypothesis139
B
  • bilingualism61, 101, 148, 162, 164, 167, 174, 176–180, 191–192, 194, 201, 216, 230, 233, 238
  • borrowability161–162, 177, 191, 232
  • borrowing107, 120, 124, 126, 128–133, 135–137, 140, 142–143, 145, 150–151, 162, 174, 177–178, 192–194, 230–231, 233, 237–238; see also loanwords
C
  • classification
    • of nouns vs. extralinguistic referents6, 24, 226–227
    • temporary3, 10, 18–19; see also reclassification
  • classificatory particles3, 10, 13, 228, 231
  • classifiers
    • bare126, 129, 147
    • basis for distinguishing subtypes13–14, 121–122, 228
    • borrowing of3–5, 105, 125, 128, 132–133, 136–140, 142–143, 145, 150–151, 164, 169, 174, 178, 193
    • categoric162, 175, 184, 186–190, 192, 234
    • deictic1
    • generic5, 14, 20, 32, 36–38, 41, 43–46, 48, 50, 142–143, 146, 162, 165–166, 171–173, 175, 178–179, 184–190, 235–236
    • locative1
    • loss of5, 162–166, 169–173, 175–176, 178–179, 181, 186–194, 230
    • mass-designating40, 43–44, 51–52, 228–229, 235
    • mensural3, 6, 13–14, 31, 40, 43–44, 51, 114, 164, 173, 183, 185–187, 190, 207, 227–229, 235; see also measure words
    • as multiplicand118, 121–122, 228, 237
    • noun1, 4, 32, 35, 202
    • numeral1–6, 14, 32, 35, 46, 113–151, 161–166, 168–171, 173–179, 181–183, 190–194, 200–203, 207–209, 211–212, 214, 217–218, 221, 226–230, 232–234, 236–238
    • obligatoriness of6, 14–15, 17, 118, 145, 164, 175, 178, 182–183, 192, 210–212, 214, 227, 229, 231–232, 237–238
    • origin of5, 52, 118, 127, 141–142, 145–146, 149, 161, 163–164, 170, 175, 177, 179, 191–194, 237
    • possessive1, 13, 178
    • redundancy of18, 22–23, 213, 226–227
    • relational13
    • repeater10, 13, 16, 141, 143–144, 149–150
    • sortal3, 6, 13–14, 31–32, 40, 43, 51, 114–115, 118, 141, 164, 168, 183–184, 186–187, 190, 207, 227–229
    • verbal1, 238
  • clitics35, 64, 203–208, 213, 232, 234
  • collectivity21, 25, 33, 84, 86, 96
  • compounds70, 74, 172, 205–206
  • concord3, 10, 15, 18, 21, 23, 25, 104, 227; see also agreement
  • countability4, 51, 118, 149; see also nouns,countable
D
  • definiteness4, 30, 36, 40, 47–49, 51–52, 126, 129, 147, 213, 235–236
  • deixis15–16, 25–26, 33, 47–48, 51, 62, 214, 235
  • derivation46, 73, 144, 234–235
  • determiners58, 64, 85, 89
  • differentiating referents31, 33, 35–36, 39, 42–43, 46–47, 50–51, 114, 234
  • diffusion2, 5, 113–115, 117, 120, 124, 126, 128, 130, 136, 142, 146, 148–149, 151, 192, 233
  • dimensionality35, 46, 145, 175, 182, 184–188; see also shape
  • diminutive40, 46, 66, 81, 203
  • disambiguation6, 47–48, 51, 64, 92, 211, 213–214, 235
  • discourse coherence3, 10–11, 22–26, 47
  • discourse prominence47–49
E
  • ellipsis22–25, 143
  • expansion of the lexicon2, 41, 46–47, 234–235
F
  • foregrounding participants in discourse165, 173, 236
  • functional typology30, 32, 41, 52, 165, 234
  • functions
    • discourse2–3, 5–6, 25, 30, 32–33, 41, 47, 50, 52, 165, 212, 234–235
    • lexical2–3, 30, 32–33, 37, 41, 46–47, 50–52, 165, 234
G
  • gendersee also noun classes
    • borrowing of4, 58, 90–91, 101–108, 161, 163, 193–194, 221, 226, 229, 231, 233
    • grammatical4, 6, 32, 34, 46–47, 52, 58–59, 96, 102–105, 161, 191, 193–194, 200–202, 214, 231–232, 238
    • lexical204, 231
    • loss of3–4, 32, 80, 105, 163, 193–194, 202, 214, 216–217, 226, 232
    • natural33, 58–60, 64, 67–72, 86, 92–99, 102–104, 107, 203, 218–219, 233–234
    • origin of2, 6, 214, 218–221, 232
    • pronominal214, 218–220, 233
    • shift44
  • grammaticalization31, 46, 49, 169, 214, 216–218, 220–221, 232
H
  • Himachal Pradesh58, 60, 70
  • honorifics35, 37–38, 44–45, 64–66, 235
  • humanness42, 75–76, 78, 81, 91, 94, 138, 165, 169, 171–172, 178, 183–184, 186–188, 192–193, 208, 217, 234
I
  • individuation3, 10, 18–21, 30, 41, 51–52, 213, 229, 234–235
K
  • Kinnaur58–62, 70, 75, 78, 81, 83–84, 90–91, 105–107
  • kinship terms4, 33, 45, 59, 67–71, 181
L
  • language attrition161–162, 179, 181, 186, 189, 191–194; see also language obsolescence
  • language contact
    • social context of5–6, 33, 133, 175–177, 179, 192, 194, 201–202, 229–230, 238–239
  • language obsolescence179, 186, 190–191, 230–231; see also language attrition
  • lingua franca33, 90, 167, 170
  • loanwords59–60, 71–78, 80, 82–84, 90–91, 101, 104–105, 107–108, 128, 130, 145, 174, 177, 230–231, 233; see also borrowing
M
  • measure words14, 31, 114, 121–122, 133, 141, 144, 146, 164, 168–169, 208, 228, 237; see also classifiers,mensural
  • Meghalaya33, 200–201, 215
  • minority languages166, 170, 177
  • mixed languages5, 162, 170, 230
  • multilingualismSee bilingualism
N
  • nominal classification
    • concurrent systems of1–2, 6
    • diachrony of1–2, 4, 6, 33–34, 163, 179, 194, 232, 238
    • functions ofSee functions
    • typologies of1, 3, 30, 32, 41, 52, 165, 234
  • nominalization3, 10, 21–23, 25, 89, 170, 204
  • noun classes30, 46, 113, 125, 234–235; see also gender
  • nouns
    • abstract46, 76–77, 91, 94, 165, 204
    • animate4, 14, 32–33, 36–38, 41, 45, 58, 64, 71, 75–76, 101, 104, 181, 184, 204, 209, 231–232; see also animacy
    • countable43, 51, 149, 171, 173, 184, 208–210, 212–214, 227–229, 234–235; see also countability
    • as generic in classifier languages20–21, 229
    • inanimate4, 32, 36–39, 41–42, 45, 50, 60, 62, 75, 82, 94–96, 101–103, 108, 142, 178, 184–185, 204, 209, 232, 234; see also animacy
    • mass4, 40, 43, 51, 164, 173, 183, 227–229, 234–235; see also countability
  • numerals3–5, 10, 15, 17–18, 20–23, 25, 30–31, 35–37, 46, 50–51, 181, 231, 233
O
  • oracle bone inscriptions127, 141, 145, 149–150
P
  • pluralization3, 6, 15, 21–22, 64–66, 88, 105, 170–172, 204, 206, 211–213, 217, 220–221, 229, 232–233
    • obligatory marking of6, 211–212, 229, 232, 236, 238
  • possession13, 15, 87
  • pronouns4, 6, 10, 13–14, 25, 48–49, 62, 64–65, 86–87, 147–148, 201, 203–207, 213, 216–221, 231, 233, 236
    • demonstrative14–16, 18, 20–26, 50, 62, 64, 164, 171, 173, 205–207, 210–211, 213–214, 220, 231–233
Q
  • quantifiers13–14, 113, 123, 164, 171, 181, 211, 214, 228
R
  • reanalysis193, 233, 236
  • reclassification20, 22–25; see also classification,temporary
  • reference management41, 47
  • referentiality2, 18, 20, 22–23, 47, 165, 172–173, 234–236
  • referent identification2, 21, 23–25, 41, 47–49
  • referent tracking47, 51, 205, 235, 238
  • re-presentation of referents41, 47, 50–51, 235
  • Russification179–180, 190, 230
S
  • shape20, 30, 32–33, 35–38, 40–41, 43, 45–46, 165, 178, 183–184, 228; see also dimensionality
  • sign languages, classifiers in3, 6, 11, 26–27, 115, 238
  • simplification41, 148–149, 181, 190, 230, 234
  • single origin hypothesis113, 115–116, 120–121, 124–126, 129, 136, 140, 151
  • Sinicization170, 174
  • specialization217, 219–220
  • Sprachspiel10
T
  • Tibetanization173
  • tone59, 148, 166, 168, 170
U
  • unitizationSee individuation
W
  • word formation3, 10, 14–15, 18, 25–26
  • word order4, 12, 15, 36, 49, 51–52, 117, 121–124, 129–134, 138, 143–145, 147–150, 166–168, 170–171, 173, 181, 189, 207–208, 210–211, 213–214, 236–238
    • harmonization of122–124, 131, 138, 145, 150, 233, 237
    • variable232, 236–237