Partition and quantity : numeral classifiers, measurement, and partitive constructions in Mandarin Chinese
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Partition and quantity : numeral classifiers, measurement, and partitive constructions in Mandarin Chinese
（Routledge studies in Chinese linguistics / series editor: Hongming Zhang）
Routledge, 2019
- : hbk
Available at 2 libraries
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Partition and Quantity: Numeral Classifiers, Measurement, and Partitive Constructions in Mandarin Chinese presents an in-depth investigation into the semantic and syntactic properties of Chinese classifiers and conducts a comprehensive examination on the use of different quantity constructions in Chinese.
This book echoes a rapid development in the past decades in Chinese linguistics research within the generative framework on Chinese classifier phrases, an area that has emerged as one of the most cutting-edge themes in the field of Chinese linguistics.
The book on the one hand offers a closer scrutiny on empirical data and revisits some long-lasting research problems, such as the semantic factor bearing on the formation of Chinese numeral classifier constructions, the (non-)licensing of the linker de ( ) in between the numeral classifier and the noun, and the conditions regulating the use of pre-classifier adjectives. On the other hand, particular attention is paid to the issues that have been less studied or gone unnoticed in previous studies, including a (more) fine-grained subcategorization of Chinese measurement constructions, the multiple grammatical roles played by the marker de ( ) in different numeral classifier constructions, the formation and derivation of Chinese partitive constructions, etc.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction Part I: Chinese classifiers and classifier phrases Chapter 2: Grammatical function of Chinese classifiers Chapter 3: Syntax of Chinese classifier phrases Part II: Encoding of discourse-related information in Chinese numeral classifier constructions Chapter 4: Chinese measurement constructions revisited Chapter 5: Adjectival modification of Chinese classifiers Part III: Referentiality of Chinese quantity constructions Chapter 6: Referential properties of [Num-Cl-N] in Chinese Chapter 7: Chinese partitive constructions
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