Partition and Quantity: Numeral Classifiers, Measurement, and Partitive Constructions in Mandarin Chinese

ISBN-13: 9781138182523 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 230 str.

Jing Jin

Opis

 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.

 

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Jing Jin is Assistant Professor in the Department of Chinese Language Studies at The Education University of Hong Kong. Her research interests lie in syntax, syntax-semantics interface, and Chinese linguistics.