What do oranges and hammers have in common? The classifier ‘round’ in Wa’ikhana and other East Tukano languages
Eastern Tukanoan languages are known for their developed nominal classification systems. Wa’ikhana (Piratapuyo) is in this sense a typical member of the family, since it has an open system with a big number of classes and with class markers which exercise derivational and agreement functions. Among...
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Universidade Estadual de Campinas
2019-08-01
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.sbu.unicamp.br/ojs/index.php/liames/article/view/8655262 |