Classifier Structures in Mandarin Chinese

by Niina Ning Zhang

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This monograph addresses fundamental syntactic issues of classifier constructions, based on a thorough study of a typical classifier language, Mandarin Chinese. It shows that the contrast between count and mass is not binary. Instead, there are two independently attested features: Numerability, the ability of a noun to combine with a numeral directly, and Delimitability, the ability of a noun to be modified by a delimitive modifier, such as size,...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:3110488051

ISBN13:9783110488050

Release Date:June 2016

Publisher:de Gruyter Mouton

Length:331 Pages

Weight:1.03 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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