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Classifier Structures in Mandarin Chinese: 263
Author(s): Zhang (Author)
- Publisher: De Gruyter
- Publication Date: 10 Nov. 2017
- Language: English
- Print length: 332 pages
- ISBN-10: 3110303744
- ISBN-13: 9783110303742
Book Description
In Classifier Structure in Mandarin Chinese, Niina Ning Zhang proposes a new approach to the count-mass contrast, and the properties and functions of classifiers when they occur with numerals, with various quantifiers, in compounds, and in reduplicative forms. The new approach makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the existence of classifiers in numeral classifier languages. The investigation also uncovers that certain non-classifier languages lack only one type of classifiers, whereas other non-classifier languages may lack other types of classifiers.
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About the Author
Niina Ning Zhang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.
