Nominal classification systems are generally categorized on the basis of morphosyntactic
criteria. However, the functional motivations for these phenomena do not coincide directly …

How a Greek philosopher's encounters with Buddhism in Central Asia influenced Western
philosophy Pyrrho of Elis went with Alexander the Great to Central Asia and India during the …

The theoretical focus of my thesis is the methodology of establishing the hierarchy of
functional projections. I argue that four factors influence the hierarchy: mapping to …

Abstract Gumuz is a Nilo-Saharan dialect cluster spoken in the river valleys of northwestern
Ethiopia and the southeastern part of the Republic of the Sudan. There are approximately …

Quantification is central to human experience (cf. Aristotle's Organon): the most basic
aspects of human life and reasoning involve quantity assessment. This study sheds lights on …

We present an overview of classifiers, a subgroup of what Simone & Masini (this volume)
call Light Nouns. Three major types have been distinguished: group, sortal and mensural …

What do Slavic aspectual prefixes have in common with numeral classifiers? Our answer is
that the parallels are compelling, both in terms of breadth and depth. The grammatical …

In a numeral classifier language, a sortal classifier (C) or a mensural classifier (M) is needed
when a noun is quantified by a numeral (Num). Num and C/M are adjacent cross …

This MA thesis deals with the Hungarian–nyi suffix. This suffix has a variety of uses: it
attaches to container classifiers, such as bottle and glass, and turns them into explicit …

This article discusses the role played by sound-symbolic forms (SSFs) in Motion event
descriptions, focusing on the case of mimetics—SSFs—in Japanese. An examination of …