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. x, 251 pp.
Marc Allassonnière-Tang
List of John Benjamins publications for which Marc Allassonnière-Tang plays a role.
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Subjects Historical linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
2023 Phylogenetic analyses for the origin of sortal classifiers in Mongolic, Tungusic, and Turkic languages Concentric 49:2, pp. 295–315 | Article
Numeral classifiers are one of the most common types of nominal classification systems. Their geographical distribution worldwide is concentrated in Asia, which infers a scheme of diffusion from a linguistic innovation. This study investigates the origin of classifier systems in the Mongolic,… read more
2023 Chapter 1. Introduction Nominal Classification in Asia and Oceania: Functional and diachronic perspectives, Allassonnière-Tang, Marc and Marcin Kilarski (eds.), pp. 1–8 | Chapter
2023 Chapter 3. Nominal classification in Assamese: An analysis of function Nominal Classification in Asia and Oceania: Functional and diachronic perspectives, Allassonnière-Tang, Marc and Marcin Kilarski (eds.), pp. 30–55 | Chapter
We provide an analysis of the classifier system in Assamese (Indo-European) via the framework of functional typology. Assamese is located at the border of Indo-European and Sino-Tibetan language families, which are typically associated with grammatical gender and classifiers, respectively.… read more
2020 Numeral base, numeral classifier, and noun: Word order harmonization Language and Linguistics 21:4, pp. 513–558 | Article
Greenberg (1990a: 292) suggests that classifiers (clf) and numeral bases tend to harmonize in word order, i.e. a numeral (Num) with a base-final [n base] order appears in a clf-final [Num clf] order, e.g. in Mandarin Chinese, san1-bai3 (three hundred) ‘300’ and san1 zhi1 gou3 (three clf animal… read more