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Classifiers Are for Numerals, Not for Nouns: Consequences for the Mass/Count Distinction
Alan Bale and Jessica Coon · 2014
Catalogue summary
Comparative evidence from Mi'gmaq and Chol favors a numeral-based account of classifiers, while optional classifier use in Western Armenian illustrates within-language variation that competing noun- and numeral-centered theories explain differently.
Why this matters
The Western Armenian example places an Armenian grammatical pattern inside a broader challenge to the conventional mass-count language typology.
Citation
Alan Bale and Jessica Coon 2014. Classifiers Are for Numerals, Not for Nouns: Consequences for the Mass/Count Distinction. Linguistic Inquiry. https://doi.org/10.1162/ling_a_00170
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