Universal #1372
Legacy number: 1372
| Number | 1368 |
| Original | No language contrasts a 'round' classifier with a 'polyhedral' classifier, unless the latter is the classifier for buildings, or some similar material classifier. |
| Standardized | No language contrasts a 'round' classifier with a 'polyhedral' classifier, unless the latter is the classifier for buildings, or some similar material classifier. |
| Keywords | classifier |
| Domain | syntax, semantics |
| Type | implication |
| Status | achronic |
| Quality | absolute |
| Basis | more than 50 classifier languages from Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania in Allan 1977 |
| Source | Allan 1977: 300 |
Discussion
Notes
Most languages which don't use material classifiers for various polyhedral objects locate them in the 'round' class.
Comment
Most languages which don't use material classifiers for various polyhedral objects locate them in the 'round' class.
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