Functions and Uses of Numeral Classifiers in Upper Necaxa Totonac

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Anthropological Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-02-11 DOI:10.1353/anl.2018.0006

M. García-Vega

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Abstract

Abstract:Upper Necaxa Totonac has a system of numeral classifiers whose semantic categories include classes that select inherent properties of the noun (type of living being, shape, dimension, form) and classes contingent on configuration or arrangement of the nominal referent (roll, bunch, handful). This article explores the etymological origins of numeral classifiers in Upper Necaxa, and the morphosyntactic and semantic functions of the classifier system. The data show that while some classifiers are selected collocationally, the semantic contribution of the classifier morpheme to the noun phrase ranges from semantically adding to nominal reference to merely selecting a feature of the noun.

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数字分类器在上Necaxa Totonac中的作用和用途

摘要:Upper Necaxa Totonac有一个数词分类系统，其语义范畴包括选择名词固有属性的类(生物类型、形状、尺寸、形式)和根据标称指称物的配置或排列而定的类(roll、bunch、handful)。本文探讨了上内克萨族数词的词源，以及数词系统的形态句法和语义功能。数据表明，虽然一些分类器是搭配选择的，但分类器语素对名词短语的语义贡献范围从语义添加到名义引用到仅仅选择名词的一个特征。

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Anthropological Linguistics Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： Anthropological Linguistics, a quarterly journal founded in 1959, provides a forum for the full range of scholarly study of the languages and cultures of the peoples of the world, especially the native peoples of the Americas. Embracing the field of language and culture broadly defined, the editors welcome articles and research reports addressing cultural, historical, and philological aspects of linguistic study, including analyses of texts and discourse; studies of semantic systems and cultural classifications; onomastic studies; ethnohistorical papers that draw significantly on linguistic data; studies of linguistic prehistory and genetic classification.