Jing Jin

Partition and Quantity

Numeral Classifiers, Measurement, and Partitive Constructions in Mandarin Chinese

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 230
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 358g
• ISBN-13: 9780367597740
• ISBN-10: 0367597748
• Artikelnr.: 66583920

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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