
From classifiers to subordination: Nominal origins of relativizers and subordinators in Tù’un na Ñuu Sá Mátxíí Ntxè’è (Mixtec)
AMERINDIA 43: 177-210, 2021 Albert VENTAYOL-BOADAUniversity of California Abstract: Grammaticalization patterns of nominal classification devices suggest that class terms tend to evolve into classifier systems, which may develop into gender and noun class systems. Additionally, classifiers are involved in the