Classifier Structures in Mandarin Chinese
Main description: In Classifier Structure in Mandarin Chinese, Niina Ning Zhang proposes a new approach to the count-mass contrast, and the properties and functions of classifiers when they occur with numerals, with various quantifiers, in compounds, and in reduplicative forms. The new approach makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the existence of classifiers in numeral classifier languages. The investigation also uncovers that certain non-classifier languages lack only one …
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Main description: In Classifier Structure in Mandarin Chinese, Niina Ning Zhang proposes a new approach to the count-mass contrast, and the properties and functions of classifiers when they occur with numerals, with various quantifiers, in compounds, and in reduplicative forms. The new approach makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the existence of classifiers in numeral classifier languages. The investigation also uncovers that certain non-classifier languages lack only one type of classifiers, whereas other non-classifier languages may lack other types of classifiers.
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- Publication Date:2013
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- Publisher(s):De Gruyter, De Gruyter Mouton, De Gruyter Mouton
- Place of Publication:Berlin/Boston
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013
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- ISBN:9783110304992, 3110304996, 9783110305005, 3110305003, 9783110303742, 3110303744
- DOI:10.1515/9783110304992
- oclc:ocn853251319
- LC Classification:PL1129.E5
- Dewey Decimal:490
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