Format:
XIII, 309 S.
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graph. Darst.
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230 mm x 155 mm
ISBN:
9783110287639
Series Statement:
Trends in linguistics 250
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IntroductionIssuesIssue 1 : the debate on a count/mass distinction in MandarinIssue 2 : counting and measuring functions of classifiersIssue 3 : definiteness in classifier languagesData and sourceStructure of the bookPart I : the debate on a count/mass distinction in ChineseDefing classifiersChinese classifiers: an illustrationIdentifying classifiers syntacticallyChinese classifiers : a heuristic classificationClassifiers as a closed classClassifiers without "descriptive content"Classifiers are not nominalClassifiers have no 'descriptive content'Classifiers are complement-takingClassifiers as stresslessClassifiers in English : a contrastive lookConclusionsThe count/mass distinction in Chinese revisitedIntroductionSyntactic distinction between count and mass classifiersIntroduction to count/mass classifiersLexical/functional distinction of classifiersTwo syntactic diagnosticsPossibility of pre-classifier adjectival modificationAdjectives before count and mass classifiersTwo constraints on pre-classifier adjectivesOptionality of post-classifier deConclusionsNatural atomicityIntroductionCountability and individuationA lexical distinction between mass and count nounsIndividual, stuff and partial-object readingsNatural atomicity as a grammatically relevant phenomenonConclusionsChinese bare nounsIntroductionThe Krifka-Chierchia hypothesisBare nouns as kindsStrong kind-inducing contextsAppositivesScope with respect to opacityScope with respect to quantifiersSemantics of bare nounsBare predicationSome analyses of copula clausesAmbiguous BEsUnambiguous BEPost-copula bare nouns as predicates of individualsPost-copula bare nouns as predicates of subkindsPost-copula bare nouns as predicates of kindsDefinite bare nounsTopic-hood and definitenessDefinite bare nouns in object positionsSemantics of definite bare nounsFunctions of classifiers : counting and measuringCounting and measure functions of classifiersIntroductionCounting and measuring readings : a crosslinguistic perspectiveIntroducing counting and measuring readingsStructures for counting and measuring readingsAmbiguity of container classifiers in ChineseCounting and measuring readings for Chinese container classifiersThe syntax of counting and measuring readingsA feature analysis of classifiers : (±Counting, ±Measuring)Four types of classifiersType 1 : (+C, -M) classifiersType 2 : [-C, +M] classifiersType 3 : [+C, +M] classifiersType 4 : [-C, -M] classifiersConcluding remarksSyntactic support for the counting and measuring readingsSemantic shifting between counting and measuring readingsSemantics of classifiers : counting and measuringKrifka's (1995) semantics for Chinese classifiersRothstein's (2010) semantics for English classifiersSemantics of Chinese classifiersSemantics of classifiers in counting readingsSemantics for classifiers on the measure readingConclusionsAdjectival modification in classifier phrases : pre-classifier adjectivesIntroductionLicensing pre-classifier adjectivesPre-classifier adjectives before counting classifiers"Concrete portion" reading (Partee and Borschev 2012)The modification relation of pre-classifier adjectivesAdjectival modification in pseudo-partitivesPre-classifier adjectives in MandarinRejecting pre-classifier adjectives modifying mass classifiersRejecting pre-classifier adjectives modifying nounsPre-classifier adjectives modifying "Cl+N"Contexts of using pre-classifier adjectivesConsumption contextsContexts of significanceContrastive contextsSyntactic structureSemantics of pre-classifier adjectivesIntroduction to 'expressives'Pre-classifier adjectives as expressivesPre-classifier adjectives and pluralityConclusionsModification marker de in classifier phrasesIntroductionLicensing the post-classifier deDe with mass classifiers (Cheng and Sybesma 1998)"Information weight" (Tang 2005)The 'indeterminacy' account (Hsieh 2008)Unsolved problems (Li and Rothstein 2012)Semantics of Num-measure Cl-de-N : as much asMeasure classifiers and the particle deSemantics of Num-Clmeasure-cfe-NNum-count C1-&-N : as many asCounting classifiers in measure phrasesSemantics of Num-Clcount-de-NConclusions : two puzzles about (+counting) classifiersPart III : Definiteness in classifier languagesDefinite classifiers in southern Chinese languagesIntroduction"Cl+N" in three Chinese languages"Cl+N" in Mandarin"Cl+N" in WuPreverbal "Cl+N"Postverbal Cl+N"Cl+N" in CantoneseInformation structure and (in)definite "Cl+N"Syntax of indefinite "Cl+N"Indefinite "Cl+N" as a reduced form of "one+Cl+N" (Lu* 1944)Indefinite "Cl+N" as NumPsIndefinite "Cl+N" as C1PSyntax of definite "Cl+N"From "Dem+Cl+N" to definite "Cl+N"Definite "Cl+N" as C1PDefinite "Cl+N" as DPSemantic interpretation of "Cl+N"Semantics of definite "Cl+N" : from counting to definitenessmarkingA uniqueness-based approach of definitenessA familiarity-based approach of definitenessSemantics of definite "Cl+N"SummaryDefinite classifiers and their modifiersIntroduction to modified "Cl+N"Syntax of modified "Cl+N" in WuModified "Cl+N" as a definite expressionModified "Cl+N" as DPDefinite classifiers as D headDems as (Spec DP)Adjs/RCs as (Spec DP)Semantics of non-bare "Cl+N"Definite classifiers characterized with "familiarity"Interpret modified "Cl-N" compositionallyConcluding remarksReferencesIndex.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110289336
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Li, Xuping Numeral Classifiers in Chinese Berlin [u.a.] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2013 ISBN 9783110287639
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
Keywords:
Chinesisch
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Numerale
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Klassifikator
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Syntax
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Semantik
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Chinesisch
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Numerale
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Klassifikator
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Syntax
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Semantik
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Chinesisch
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Numerale
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Klassifikator
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Syntax
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Semantik
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