Trying to explain Mandarin Chinese's grammatical system of classifiers to someone who has never encountered Mandarin before is difficult--just ask Jennifer Wilson '08. And what exactly is a classifier ...
This article describes an unusual and complicated system of genders and classifiers in Palikur, a northern Arawak language spoken in Brazil and French Guiana. Palikur has three genders (masculine, ...
The system of "classificatory particles" in the Kilivila language of the Trobriand Islands (originally described by Malinowski in 1920) is examined in detail. The 88 particles studied can be seen as ...
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