alleryYucatec Mayan speakers tended to classify objects by what?
AColour
BShape
CMaterial
DSize
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Material
1. Lucy studied grammatical number and numeral classifiers in Yucatec.
2. Mayan speakers classified objects by material rather than shape.
3. Shape is the preference of English speakers, and colour and size were not reported.
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