Partition and quantity : numerical classifiers, measurement, and partitive constructions in Mandarin Chinese
โ Scribed by Jing Jin
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Series
- Routledge studies in Chinese linguistics
- Category
- Library
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โฆ Table of Contents
Introduction --
Chinese classifiers and classifier phrases. Grammatical function of Chinese classifiers --
Syntax of Chinese classifier phrases --
Encoding of discourse-related information in Chinese numeral classifier constructions. Chinese measurement constructions revisited --
Adjectival modification of Chinese Classifiers --
Referentiality of Chinese quantity constructions. Referential properties of [num-cl-n] in Chinese --
Chinese partitive constructions --
Conclusion.
โฆ Subjects
Chinese language -- Syntax;Chinese language -- Classifiers;Classifiers (Linguistics);FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Southeast Asian Languages
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