From classifiers to subordination: Nominal origins of relativizers and subordinators in Tù’un na Ñuu Sá Mátxíí Ntxè’è (Mixtec)
08/03/2022
AMERINDIA 43: 177-210, 2021 Albert VENTAYOL-BOADAUniversity of California DOI : https://doi.org/10.56551/JKFG5183 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