Numeral Classifiers in Chinese: The Syntax-Semantics Interface

by XuPing Li

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783110287639
Publisher:	De Gruyter
Publication date:	08/19/2013
Series:	Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , #250
Pages:	324
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.06(h) x (d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

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