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Denis Costaouec et al., « Classification nominale en Ixcatèque », La linguistique, ID : 10670/1.eyl6qp
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Ixcatec (Popolocan-Otomanguean, Mexico), like other Otomanguean languages of Oaxaca, Mexico, possesses a system of nominal classification for subsets of nouns related to persons, animals, plants, and objects characterized by different formal criteria (length, roundness, etc.), material or function. In this article we seek to establish the functional status of this system. Drawing on Grinewald’s typology of nominal classification (1999, 2000), we distinguish class terms, used only in word formation, from noun classifiers, which permit referent tracking in discourse. Our review of the etymological origins of the least transparent classifiers calls into question the assumed time depth of noun classifiers in Popolocan.