A major linguistic study of nominal classification systems across a variety of languages, first published in 2000.

This book offers the first comprehensive survey of the study of gender and classifiers throughout the history of Western linguistics. Based on an analysis of ov

This book is the outcome of several decades of research experience, with contributions by leading scholars based on long-term field research. It combines approa

Linguists have long been interested in systems of nominal classification due to their diverse functions as well as cognitive and cultural correlates. Among othe