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

di Jing Jin (Autore)

Taylor & Francis Ltd, 2020

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.

• Autore: Jing Jin
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Collana: Routledge Studies in Chinese Linguistics
• Anno: 2020
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 230 p.
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm
• Peso: 362 gr.
• EAN: 9780367597740

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