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Peer reviewedBecker, Alton L. – Linguistics, 1975
The Burmese classifier system is coherent because it is based upon a single elementary semantic dimension: deixis. On that dimension, four distances are distinguished, distances which metaphorically substitute for other conceptual relations between people and other living beings, people and things, and people and concepts. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Burmese, Burmese Culture, Classification, Cultural Influences
Peer reviewedKlimov, G. A. – Linguistics, 1974
Discusses the syntax and morphology of languages of active case or typology, chiefly found in North America (the Nadene, Sioux and Gulf families) and South America (the Tupi-Guarani family). (CK)
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Choctaw, Classification, Guarani
