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Conlangery SHORTS #05: Classification

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How Does a Noun End Up in a Class?

How does a noun end up in a particular class? The easiest starting point is with semantics. Other things that don't quite make sense semantically will get drawn into a category. Some of the common things to classify by are biological sex, animacy, humans and animals versus everything else.

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