Perceptual and cultural salience in noun classification : the puzzling case of standard Thai lêm
In Standard Thai (ST), the national language of Thailand, the noun classifier lêm applies to books, oxcarts and candles, as well as a variety of sharp cutting implements. This classification seems to make no sense whatsoever to Western logic and in fact is inexplicable to Thais themselves. In this...
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University of British Columbia
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/25669 |