Classification is a popular topic in typological, descriptive and theoretical linguistics. This volume is the first to deal specifically with the diachrony of l

There are two ways for a language to classify its nouns: either by means of classifiers, which specify the semantics of the classified noun, or by means of gram

This volume aims to extend both the range of analyses and the database on nominal classification systems. Previous analyses of nominal classification systems ha

This book offers the first comprehensive survey of the study of gender and classifiers throughout the history of Western linguistics. Based on an analysis of ov

A major linguistic study of nominal classification systems across a variety of languages, first published in 2000.