Numeral classifiers in Chinese : the syntax-semantics interface /

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Author / Creator:	Li, XuPing, author.
Imprint:	Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, 2013.
Description:	1 online resource (xiii, 309 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 250 Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 250.
Subject:	Chinese language -- Quantifiers. Chinese language -- Grammar. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Quantifiers. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Number. Sociolinguistics -- China. Chinese language -- Grammar. Chinese language -- Quantifiers. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Number. Grammar, Comparative and general -- Quantifiers. Language and languages. Sociolinguistics. China -- Languages. China. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11207036

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ISBN:	9783110289336 3110289334 9783110287639 3110287633
Notes:	Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - Ramat-Gan) under the title: On the semantics of classifiers in Chinese. Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Li, XuPing. Numeral classifiers in Chinese 9783110287639

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