Re: Introducing DmÄnna

2007/9/16, ROGER MILLS <rfmilly@...>:
> BP Jonsson wrote:
> >
> >>Counting Words
> >>     Many nouns take counting words to refer to specific quantities of
> >>them, and there are many more that can optionally take a counting word.
> >>Some of the most common counting words are as follows:
> >>     nērga - for tiny, roundish things
> >>     pāržda - for small amounts of liquids
> >>     deha - for counting livestock
> >>     lūksa - for fish
> >>     a keda - for flat things
> >>     a tesa / a dāla / a stāl - generic counting words
> >>     a syalsa / vadrāp - for sections of things
> >
> >Aren't these called 'quantifiers' when occurring in Asian langs?
>
> That list calls to mind Indonesian languages....In most studies, as best I
> recall, they're called "classifiers" or sometimes "counters" .
>
Also the Chinese languages and, by influence, Korean and Japanese,
among others in the Sinosphere.