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Data Category: Classifier
Key3113
PIDhttp://www.isocat.org/datcat/DC-3113
Typesimple
Ownergold-user
Scopepublic
1. Administration Information Section
1.1 Administration Record
Identifier
Classifier
Version
1:0
Registration Status
private
Administration Status
private
Justification
The GOLD ontology was developed as part of the E-MELD project funded by the NSF (BCS0729644 and BCS0094934). The concepts were reviewed by 50 noted typologists and documentary linguists at the E-MELD 2005 workshop (http://emeld.org/workshop/2005/proceeding.html) at Harvard University. They have since been refined by the GOLD Community (http://linguistics-ontology.org).
Origin
GOLD (General Ontology for Linguistic Description): for the latest version see http://linguistics-ontology.org
1.1.1 Creation
Creation Date
2010-06-08
Change Description
Initial import of the GOLD ontology.
1.1.2 Last Change
Last Change Date
2010-07-16
Change Description
Update to the 2010 version of the GOLD ontology.
2. Description Section
Profile
Private
2.1 Data Element Name Section
Data Element Name
Classifier
Source
http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/Classifier
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2.2 English Language Section
LanguageEnglish (en)
2.2.1 Name Section
Name
Classifier
Name Status
admitted name
2.2.2 Definition Section
Definition
In grammar, a morpheme whose function is to indicate the formal or semantic class to which items belong are sometimes called classifiers, e.g. -ly is an adverb classifier, -ess is a 'femininity' classifier. The marking of lexical items as belonging to the same semantic class is an important feature in many languages (e.g. Chinese, Vietnamese, Hopi), and sometimes quite unexpected bases of classification are found, in terms of shape, size, colour, movability, animacy, status and so on. [Crystal 2003: 74]
Source
[Crystal 2003: 74]
2.2.3 Note Section
Note
This concept is part of the General Ontology for Linguistic Description (GOLD). It is a child concept of http://purl.org/linguistics/gold/PartOfSpeechProperty. For other relationships among the concepts see: http://linguistics-ontology.org/gold.
Note
To make suggestions with regard to the entire ontology or individual concepts, please visit the GOLD Community website at http://linguistics-ontology.org.