This paper presents a description and analysis of Algonquian verbal classifiers, morphemes that index a salient superordinate feature (such as substance, consistency, or shape) of an argument or non-argument in a clause. We provide a lexical semantic analysis of the verbal classifiers found in the sixteen languages that we surveyed and describe differences in the inventory of verbal classifiers across the family. We also discuss problems that arise in distinguishing verbal classifiers from incorporation, concluding that the sharp distinction between the two usually made in studies of Algonquian languages is an oversimplification. Instead they form a continuum, with the synchronic data providing snapshots of multiple stages of grammaticalization.

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阿尔冈昆的分类器中间体：初见

本文介绍了阿尔冈昆语动词分类词的描述和分析，语素索引一个从句中的论据或非论据的显着上级特征（如实质、一致性或形状）。我们对在我们调查的 16 种语言中发现的语言分类器进行了词汇语义分析，并描述了整个家庭的语言分类器清单的差异。我们还讨论了区分语言分类词与合并时出现的问题，得出的结论是，在阿尔冈昆语研究中通常对两者进行的尖锐区分是过于简单化了。相反，它们形成了一个连续体，同步数据提供了语法化多个阶段的快照。