Numeral classifiers in Chinese : the syntax-semantics interface / by XuPing Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, XuPing.

Series:

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] ; 250

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--Classifiers.

Chinese language.

Chinese language--Semantics.

Chinese language--Syntax.

Classifiers (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (326 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

Abbreviations

Chapter 1: Introduction

Part I: The debate on a count/mass distinction in Chinese

Chapter 2: Defining classifiers

Chapter 3: The count/mass distinction in Chinese revisited

Chapter 4: Natural atomicity

Chapter 5: Chinese bare nouns

Part II: Functions of classifiers: counting and measuring

Chapter 6: Counting and measure functions of classifiers

Chapter 7: Adjectival modification in classifier phrases: pre-classifier adjectives

Chapter 8: Modification marker de in classifier phrases

Part III: Definiteness in classifier languages

Chapter 9: Definite classifiers in southern Chinese languages

Chapter 10: Definite classifiers and their modifiers

References

Index

Notes:

Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - Ramat-Gan) under the title: On the semantics of classifiers in Chinese.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9783110289336

3110289334

OCLC:

862046642