Classifier Structures in Mandarin Chinese

by Niina Ning Zhang

Book Overview

This monograph addresses fundamental syntactic issues of classifier constructions, based on a thorough study of a typical classifier language, Mandarin Chinese. It shows that the contrast between count and mass is not binary. Instead, there are two independently attested features: Numerability, the ability of a noun to combine with a numeral directly, and Delimitability, the ability of a noun to be modified by a delimitive modifier, such as size,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3110488051
• ISBN13: 9783110488050
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 331 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"