Numeral Classifiers in Chinese by Xuping Li

Numeral Classifiers in Chinese by Xuping Li

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This book studies the syntax and semantics of numeral classifiers in Mandarin and other Chinese languages. It explores how Chinese classifiers are semantically interpreted in syntactic contexts and how semantic functions of classifiers are realized at the syntactic level.

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Numeral Classifiers in Chinese by Xuping Li

This book studies the syntax and semantics of numeral classifiers in Mandarin and other Chinese languages. It explores how Chinese classifiers are semantically interpreted in syntactic contexts and how semantic functions of classifiers are realized at the syntactic level. The book is a contribution to formal Chinese linguistics, and to the understanding of grammatical properties of nominal phrases in Chinese and East Asian languages.

Xuping Li, Center for the Study of Language and Cognition, Zhejiang University, China.

SKU Non disponible
ISBN 13 9783110287639
ISBN 10 3110287633
Titre Numeral Classifiers in Chinese
Auteur Xuping Li
Série Trends In Linguistics Studies And Monographs [Tilsm]
État Non disponible
Éditeur De Gruyter
Année de publication 2013-08-19
Nombre de pages 324
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