Nominal classification: towards a comprehensive typology
Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald · Language Typology and Universals · 2004
This introduction to this issue outlines the main issues concerning nominal classification within a typological perspective and gives a short overview of the problems discussed in the contributions to the issue. These nclude: typology of multiple classifier systems; languages with several coexisting classifier types; noun class agreement on multiple targets; semantics, development and obsolescence of classifiers; and their semantic and discourse functions.