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==Semantic properties of nouns== Semantic properties of nouns/entities can be divided into eight classes: [[specificity (linguistics)|specificity]], [[boundedness (linguistics)|boundedness]], [[animacy]], [[grammatical gender|gender]], [[kinship terminology|kinship]], [[honorific|social status]], physical properties, and function.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Frawley|first1=William|title=Linguistic Semantics|date=1992|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|page=138}}</ref> '''Physical properties''' refer to how an entity exists in space. It can include shape, size, and material, for example.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Frawley|first1=William|title=Linguistic Semantics|date=1992|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|page=121}}</ref> The '''function''' class of semantic properties refers to noun class markers that indicate the purpose of an entity or how humans utilize an entity. For example, in the [[Dyirbal language|Dyirbal]] language, the morpheme ''balam'' marks each entity in its noun class with the semantic property of edibility,<ref>{{cite book|last1=Lakoff|first1=George|title=Women, Fire, and Dangerous Things|url=https://archive.org/details/womenfiredangero00lako|url-access=registration|date=1987|publisher=University of Chicago|location=Chicago|page=[https://archive.org/details/womenfiredangero00lako/page/93 93]|isbn=9780226468037 }}</ref> and Burmese encodes the semantic property for the ability to cut or pierce. Encoding the functional property for transportation, housing, and speech are also attested in world languages.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Frawley|first1=William|title=Linguistic Semantics|date=1992|publisher=Routledge|location=New York|pages=129β130}}</ref>
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