CLASSIFIERS ARE FOR NUMERALS, NOT FOR NOUNS: CONSEQUENCES FOR THE MASS-COUNT DISTINCTION*

In languages with numeral classifiers systems, nouns must appear with one of a series of classifiers in order to be modified by a numeral. This squib presents new data from Mi’gmaq (Algonquian) and Chol (Mayan), arguing that numeral classifiers are required due to the syntactic and semantic properti...

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Main Authors: Alan Bale, Jessica Coon
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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Mayan
Mi’gmaq
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spelling ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.646.494 2023-05-15T17:12:53+02:00 CLASSIFIERS ARE FOR NUMERALS, NOT FOR NOUNS: CONSEQUENCES FOR THE MASS-COUNT DISTINCTION* Alan Bale Jessica Coon The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives 2013 application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.646.494 http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/001818/current.pdf?_s=Rr8YXH-Xf_HQw7Hn en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.646.494 http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/001818/current.pdf?_s=Rr8YXH-Xf_HQw7Hn Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://ling.auf.net/lingbuzz/001818/current.pdf?_s=Rr8YXH-Xf_HQw7Hn text 2013 ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T16:11:45Z In languages with numeral classifiers systems, nouns must appear with one of a series of classifiers in order to be modified by a numeral. This squib presents new data from Mi’gmaq (Algonquian) and Chol (Mayan), arguing that numeral classifiers are required due to the syntactic and semantic properties of the numeral (as in Krifka 1995), rather than the noun (as in Chierchia 1998). The results are shown to have important Text Mi’gmaq Unknown Mayan ENVELOPE(112.600,112.600,72.633,72.633)
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CLASSIFIERS ARE FOR NUMERALS, NOT FOR NOUNS: CONSEQUENCES FOR THE MASS-COUNT DISTINCTION*
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title CLASSIFIERS ARE FOR NUMERALS, NOT FOR NOUNS: CONSEQUENCES FOR THE MASS-COUNT DISTINCTION*
title_short CLASSIFIERS ARE FOR NUMERALS, NOT FOR NOUNS: CONSEQUENCES FOR THE MASS-COUNT DISTINCTION*
title_full CLASSIFIERS ARE FOR NUMERALS, NOT FOR NOUNS: CONSEQUENCES FOR THE MASS-COUNT DISTINCTION*
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title_sort classifiers are for numerals, not for nouns: consequences for the mass-count distinction*
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