Noun Classes and Categorization

• Preface | p. vii
• Introduction | p. 1
• I. On Categorization
• Classifiers as a Reflection of Mind
  George Lakoff | p. 13
• Empirical Studies of Prototypes
  Michael I. Posner | p. 53
• Components and Categorization
  Barbara Tversky | p. 63
• Prototypes: Between Plato and Wittgenstein
  T. Givón | p. 77
• II. Typological Variation of Classifier Systems
• Noun Classes and Noun Classification in Typological Perspective
  R.M.W. Dixon | p. 105
• Noun Classification in Yagua
  Doris L. Payne | p. 113
• Graphemic classifiers in Egyptian Hieroglyphics and Mesopotamian Cuneiform
  Noel Rude | p. 133
• Gender and Folk Taxonomy: The Indexical Relation Between Grammatical and Lexical Categorization
  David A. Zubin and Klaus-Michael Köpcke | p. 139
• The Classifier System in American Sign Language
  Ted Suppalla | p. 181
• III. Semantic Features of Classifiers
• The Semantics of Noun Classes in Proto Bantu
  J. Peter Denny and Chet A. Creider | p. 217
• Numeral Classifiers in Austroasiatic
  Karen L. Adams | p. 241
• Jacaltec Noun Classifiers: A Study in Language and Culture
  Colette G. Craig | p. 263
• IV. Semantic and Pragmatic Functions of Classifiers
• The Semantic Role of Noun Classifiers
  J. Peter Denny | p. 297
• Some Discourse Functions of Classifiers in Malay
  Paul J. Hopper | p. 309
• The Figure a Classifier Makes: Describing a Particular Burmese Classifier
  A.J. Becker | p. 327
• The Anaphoric Use of Classifiers in Japanese
  Pamela A. Downing | p. 345
• V. History and Acquisition of Classifier Systems
• The Convergence of Noun Classification Systems
  Marianne Mithun | p. 379
• Taking Stock: The Development of Chinese Noun Classifiers Historically and in Young Children
  Mary S. Erbaugh | p. 399
• Toward a History of Tai Classifier Systems
  Scott DeLancey | p. 437
• Niger-Congo noun class and agreement systems in language acquisition and historical change
  Katherine Demuth, Nicholas Faraclas and Lynell Marchese | p. 453
• Language Index | p. 473
• List of Contributors | p. 479

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