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Peer reviewedAllan, Keith – Language, 1977
Investigation of data from many languages has the following results: (1) the characteristics of classifier languages are distinguished, and four types identified; (2) defining criteria are postulated for classifiers, and it is discovered that every classifier is composed of one or more out of seven categories of classification. (CHK)
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Language Classification, Language Patterns, Language Universals
