Open AccessNominal classification in Asheninka Perene (Arawak)
Author(s) -
Elena Mihas
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
lsa annual meeting extended abstracts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2377-3367
DOI - 10.3765/exabs.v0i0.510
Subject(s) - categorization , noun , curse of dimensionality , artificial intelligence , consistency (knowledge bases) , class (philosophy) , computer science , natural language processing , pattern recognition (psychology) , mathematics , linguistics , philosophy
The study describes nominal classification in Ashéninka Perené, of the Kampan subgrouping of Arawak and presents preliminary results from fieldwork data collected in Ashéninka communities of southeastern Peru. The results show that Ashéninka Perené has three systems of nominal classification, (i) class and measure terms, (ii) noun and verbal classifiers, and (iii) a gender-based classification system. Noun classifiers categorize nouns in terms of their shape, dimensionality, and consistency; the categorization of verbal classifiers is based on the semantic parameters of shape, dimensionality, arrangement, and amount.