Joint Meeting "Empirical Study of the Typology of Nominalization - From Theoretical, Fieldwork, Historical and Dialectal Perspective" Project and "Cross-Linguistic Studies on Grammatical Nominalizations: With a Focus on Classifiers and Gender Markers" Project
Joint Meeting "Empirical Study of the Typology of Nominalization - From Theoretical, Fieldwork, Historical and Dialectal Perspective" Project and "Cross-Linguistic Studies on Grammatical Nominalizations: With a Focus on Classifiers and Gender Markers" Project
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July 15, 2023 (14:00-18:00)
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The University of Tokyo (7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo) Access
Online
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"Evidence-based Theoretical and Typological Linguistics" Project
- "Empirical Study of the Typology of Nominalization - From Theoretical, Fieldwork, Historical and Dialectal Perspective" Subproject
KAKENHI Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) Project/Area Number 22H00659
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"The use of classifiers in nominalization in languages of Nepal"
桐生 和幸 (美作大学)
The use of classifiers in nominalization in languages of Nepal
This presentation examines classifiers in the Nepali, Rajbanshi, Newar and Meche languages of Nepal. Classifiers are obligatory with numerals, but vary in their use with demonstratives, genitives, adjectives, and verb-based nominalisation. Meche has the most restricted use of classifiers. Two singular nominalizers in Newar are related to numeral classifiers that can be used with demonstratives; the classifiers probably originated with numerals and spread. Nepali's general classifier is restricted to numerals, but specific classifiers occur with all. Rajbanshi allows classifiers with numerals, demonstratives and adjectives, but not with genitives or verb-based nominalisation; outside numerals, the use of classifiers outside numerals is associated with definiteness.