UID:
edocfu_9959233091102883
Format:
1 online resource (326 p.)
ISBN:
3-11-028933-4
Series Statement:
Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 250
Content:
This book studies the syntax and semantics of numeral classifiers in Mandarin and other Chinese languages. It explores how Chinese classifiers are semantically interpreted in syntactic contexts and how semantic functions of classifiers are realized at the syntactic level. The book is a contribution to formal Chinese linguistics, and to the understanding of grammatical properties of nominal phrases in Chinese and East Asian languages.
Note:
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - Ramat-Gan) under the title: On the semantics of classifiers in Chinese.
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Front matter --
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Preface --
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Contents --
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Abbreviations --
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Chapter 1: Introduction --
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Part I: The debate on a count/mass distinction in Chinese --
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Chapter 2: Defining classifiers --
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Chapter 3: The count/mass distinction in Chinese revisited --
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Chapter 4: Natural atomicity --
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Chapter 5: Chinese bare nouns --
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Part II: Functions of classifiers: counting and measuring --
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Chapter 6: Counting and measure functions of classifiers --
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Chapter 7: Adjectival modification in classifier phrases: pre-classifier adjectives --
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Chapter 8: Modification marker de in classifier phrases --
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Part III: Definiteness in classifier languages --
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Chapter 9: Definite classifiers in southern Chinese languages --
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Chapter 10: Definite classifiers and their modifiers --
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References --
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Index
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Issued also in print.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 3-11-028763-3
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1515/9783110289336
