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

This book introduces the principles and practice of writing a comprehensive reference
grammar. Several thousand distinct languages are currently spoken across the globe, each …

The first attempt at a restrictive theory of the linear order of sentences and phrases of the
world's languages, by one of the founders of cartographic syntax. Linearization, or the typical …

The paper discusses the conditions for case marking on partitive constructions in direct
object position in Turkish and some related languages. We focus on Turkish and then turn to …

This paper presents a precise definition of numeral classifiers, steps to identify a numeral
classifier language, and a database of 3,338 languages, of which 723 languages have been …

Almost all languages have some grammatical means for the linguistic categorization of
nouns and nominals. The continuum of noun categorization devices covers a range of …

This paper investigates the origins of sortal numeral classifiers in the Indo-Iranian
languages. While these are often assumed to result from contact with non-Indo-European …

This book investigates the internal structure of nominal expressions in Uzbek in the
perspective of the DP hypothesis (Abney 1987), and justifies the view that the nominal …

This article explores the relationship between affectedness and Differential Object Marking
(DOM) of indefinite direct objects in Turkish and Uzbek. We argue that the distribution of …

This article examines the approaches to classifiers within the Western tradition, ranging from
the earliest accounts of the languages of Mesoamerica and East Asia from the 16th-17th …