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Publication details [#13213]

Inoue, Kyoko. 1993. Japanese numeral classifiers. Their Implications for Conceptual Coherence. In Nuyts, Jan and Eric Pederson, eds. Perspectives on Language and Conceptualization. Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles. pp. 57–77.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

classifier | interactive processing | noun | number1

Language as a subject

English | Japanese

Annotation

The author argues that agreement between nouns and numeral classifiers in the Japanese numeral classifier system is a highly interactive operation of semantic and cultural/situational elements.