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Nominal arguments and language variation / Li Julie Jiang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jiang, Li Julie, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in comparative syntax.
- Oxford studies in comparative syntax
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Classifiers (Linguistics).
- Yi language--Classifiers.
- Yi language.
- Yi language--Syntax.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (384 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- This work investigates nominal arguments in classifier languages, refuting the long-held claim that classifier languages do not have overt article determiners (D). Li Julie Jiang brings the typologically unique Nuosu Yi, a classifier language that has an overt article D, to the forefront of the theoretical investigation. By comparing nominal arguments in Nuosu Yi to those in Mandarin, a well-studied classifier language that has no overt evidence of article determiners, Jiang provides a new parametric account of variation among classifier languages and extends the account to argument formation in general.
- Notes:
- Also issued in print: 2020.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-008420-0
- 0-19-008418-9
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