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Classifiers
Classifier 5
CL:5
Note: Many of today's classifier examples have …
lexicalized into regular signs.
Such signs used to be classifiers but now they…
are not actually specifying size or shape, etc.
… movement or placement.
Hair-types, fur, or feathers:
mohawk
goose bumps vs feathers
Porcupine
Porous objects, filters, screens
The movement of air:
wind vs strong-wind
light-breeze
fans & propellers
Groups of 5
5 (or more) people standing together
5 (or more) people walking together
Large flat objects:
a serving platter
a flat lid
cymbals
Flowing things or groups:
herds
crowds of people
shower
baptize
clouds passing over the moon
Light:
headlights
Ex: RED CAR WHO? YOUR HEADLIGHTS-ON
Lights-on
Lights-off
flashing lights
emergency vehicle lights
sunlight
small flashing notification light
large or fast moving liquids:
vomit
diarrhea
floods or rising water
copious tears
oceans
water-falls
rivers
Traffic: CL4/CL5
traffic jam
multi-lane freeways
Upright objects viewed while traveling very fast:
blurred scenery while moving
Batting of eyelashes
Sign: FLIRT
Position or movement of a leaf
Flame types
Lexicalized CL:5 classifiers = “Signs”…
LEAF
TRAFFIC
OCEAN
BEACH
VOMIT
TRAFFIC
AMBULANCE
FLIRT
FLOOD
PORCUPINE
FEATHERS
GOOSEBUMPS
flash-the-LIGHTS
Compare…
OCEAN vs monster waves
BEACH vs crashing wave
FLIRT vs FLIRT-with-me
Review previous classifiers
stripes,
prison bars
Picket Fence
Ranch Fence
People standing in line.
The movement of a line of people.
bleedingfrom forehead
drool
Water running from a faucet
runny nose
fancy curtains
long straight hair
streamers
Four people standing.
Four people walking.
multiple lane freeways
Review
Show me:
3 car garage
A ball’s path through air
parking in a carport
a snake slithering off
A car stuck in snow.
3 people crossing the road
head-on car collision
A large road sign.
helicopter taking off
A rear end car collision
A small triangle.
(car) side swipe
Motorcycle jumping a row of cars
(car) broadside
A car in a specific place.
A car was coming toward me.
three on three
The three of you.
The three of them.
The three of us.
walking or hiking (version)
spray painting a house
“Old Sailing Ship”
bird catching prey
climbing large object, wall or cliff
stocking shelves
investing in stocks
Giving a shot (with a needle)
Lexicalized classifiers used to be what?
classifiers
A classifier that has become lexicalized is now what?
“A regular sign.”
Give me an example of a lexicalized classifier.
immigration = admittance
BLOOD
SCHEDULE
What if you unfreeze a LEX CL & change its movements?
It functions as a classifier again.
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