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Latest revision as of 18:34, 22 June 2014
The term classifier is used for a variety of elements whose function can somehow be described as that of assigning linguistic expressions to classes:
Examples
In Chinese, unless the noun itself denotes a unit of a measurement (e.g. nián 'year'), it must be preceded by a classifier when it occurs with a numeral or a demonstrative.
yí gè qiú one CL ball 'one ball'
Subtypes
- numeral classifier (this is probably the most frequent sense when classifier is used alone), also called sortal classifier
- mensural classifier
- possessive classifier
- classifier (Athapaskan linguistics)
Other languages
Chinese 量词
German Klassifikator
