Phoronyms: Classifiers, Class Nouns, and the Pseudopartitive Construction (Berkeley Insights in Linguistics and Semiotics)

Introducing Phoronyms: Classifiers, Class Nouns, and the Pseudopartitive Construction, the groundbreaking book that explores a fascinating and often overlooked grammatical category. This book delves into the world of phoronyms, which include measures like «cup» and classifiers like «head», both of which play a crucial role in various languages. With its comprehensive coverage and in-depth analysis, this book establishes the phoronym as a linguistic universal.

Unlike any other publication, Phoronyms combines two major theoretical approaches to provide a holistic understanding of this linguistic category. It includes groundbreaking studies on group classifiers and repeaters, shedding light on their significance and function. Moreover, this book presents the first-ever examination of classifiers in Finnish and Russian languages, expanding the scope of its research.

What sets Phoronyms apart is its exploration of the intricate relationship between class nouns, classifiers, and gender, both grammatically and semantically. By dissecting this connection, the book uncovers a wealth of insights into sublinguistic cognition. The primary languages under analysis include Mandarin Chinese, English, Japanese, and Thai, with additional discussions on Finnish, Hungarian, Tibetan, Uzbek, and others.

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