The Oxford handbook of gender and classifiers edited by Niels O. Schiller and Tanja Kupisch

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schiller, Niels Olaf, 1969- editor.

Kupisch, Tanja, editor.

Series:

Oxford handbooks online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Classifiers (Linguistics).

Grammar, Comparative and general--Gender.

Grammar, Comparative and general.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

illustration

Other Title:

Handbook of gender and classifiers

Gender and classifiers

Place of Publication:

Oxford University Press, 2026.

Oxford Oxford University Press [2026]

Summary:

This handbook offers a detailed account of grammatical gender and classifiers, two closely related linguistic phenomena that are used to subcategorize the nominal system in many languages of the world. The contributors draw on data from a variety of typologically diverse languages and approach the topic from a range of different perspectives. In the first part, chapters summarize current theoretical research in the field, as well as suggesting new ways to analyse the relevant lexico-syntactic features. The second part turns instead to the substantial body of research on the acquisition of gender and classifier systems in different language families, while chapters in part three explore the representation and processing of these systems, including coverage of code-switching and language processing in aphasia

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of figures

List of tables

List of abbreviations

The contributors

PART I Grammatical gender and classifiers in linguistic theory

CHAPTER 1 Typology of grammatical gender and classifiers

1.1. Introduction

1.2. Underpinning the typology

1.3. The four criteria

1.3.1. Redundant > informative-what does the system contribute?

1.3.2. Fixed > variable-how consistent is the system?

1.3.3. Orthogonal > limited-where is the system expressed?

1.3.4. Obligatory > optional-does the system have to be expressed?

1.3.5. Independence of the criteria

1.3.6. Further measures

1.4. Concurrent systems

1.5. Conclusion

References

CHAPTER 2 Nominal classification from a typological perspective

2.1. Setting the stage: different types of noun-classification devices

2.1.1. Definition, types, and structure of the chapter

2.1.2. Types of noun-classification devices

2.1.3. Criteria of classification and types of noun-classification devices

2.2. Between multifunctional classifiers and languages with more than one classifier system

2.2.1. Introduction: overlaps between types of noun-classification devices

2.2.2. Canonical typology

2.2.3. Problems beyond canonical typology

2.2.3.1. Overlap beyond the split of gender/noun class versus classifiers

2.2.3.2. Classifiers as agreement targets and agreement controllers

2.3. On the diachronic development of noun-classification devices

2.3.1. The diachrony of classifiers

2.3.2. The diachrony of gender/noun-class systems

2.3.3. Statistical cross-linguistic research and areal/geographic diffusion

2.4. Conclusion

CHAPTER 3 Grammatical gender versus natural gender

3.1. The multifaceted notion of gender and its linguistic representation

3.2. Grammatical gender and the representation of human referents across languages

3.2.1. The encoding of gender across languages and its impact on mental representations

3.2.2. Asymmetries in the representation of women and men in different languages

3.2.3. The impact of masculine forms on the representation of women in society

3.3. Gendering inanimate beings in sex-based grammatical gender systems

3.3.1. The effects of grammatical gender on thought

3.3.2. Linguistic and cognitive factors limiting or facilitating the effect of grammatical gender

3.4. Conclusion: gender as an illustration of the interplays between language and thought

CHAPTER 4 Gender assignment and classifier association

4.1. Introduction

4.2. Gender assignment

4.2.1. Grammatical gender basics

4.2.2. Semantic gender assignment

4.2.3. Nonsemantic gender assignment

4.2.3.1. Morphological gender assignment

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on May 27, 2026)

Other Format:

Print version :

ISBN:

9780191957215

0191957216

OCLC:

1592955110

Publisher Number:

CIPO000397515

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