Xu Plurality and Classifiers across Languages in China

1. Auflage 2012
ISBN: 978-3-11-029398-2
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 295 Seiten

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Plural marking, numeral classifiers and reduplication constitute the main means of quantification marking in the domain of grammar. The contributions in this book focus on the typological correlation between the three different strategies for quantification, as well as on some general issues. A better understanding of the quantification strategies in the languages of China will enrich our comprehension of human language and thought. The book is expected to have an impact on the study of linguistic typology, language contact, and patterns of the evolution.

Zielgruppe

Research Libraries, Researchers and Advanced Students with an Interest in the Field of Linguistic Typology, Language Contact, and Patterns of Evolution (Grammaticalization, Lexicalization), Scholars in the Field of Cognitive Sciences, Anthropologists

Autoren/Hrsg.

Xu, Dan

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Sprachkontaktforschung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;7
2;Introduction: Plurality and Classifiers across languages of China;9
3;I Correlations between different types of quantification;29
3.1;1 Numeral classifiers with plural marking. A challenge to Greenberg;31
3.2;2 Reduplication in languages: A case study of languages of China;51
4;II Numeral classifiers and their diachronic development;73
4.1;3 The Syntax and prosody of classifiers in Classical Chinese;75
4.2;4 Individuating classifiers in Early Southern Min (14th–19th centuries);109
5;III The expression of plurality;127
5.1;5 Plurality and the subclassification of Nouns in Classical Chinese;129
5.2;6 Number in Chinese: a diachronic study of zhu ? From Han to Wei Jin Nanbeichao Chinese;151
5.3;7 Bu-tong ‘different’ and nominal plurality in Mandarin Chinese;191
5.4;8 Plurality in the pronominal paradigms of Bai dialects;211
5.5;9 Frequentative aspect and pluractionality in Nuosu Yi;231
5.6;10 Quantificational structures in three-year-old Chinese-speaking children;251
6;Author index;291
7;Subject index;295

Über Autor(innen)

Xu, Dan
Xu Dan, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France.

Dan Xu, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Paris, France.