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Partition and Quantity: Numeral Classifiers, Measurement, and Partitive Constructions in Mandarin Chinese

Partition and Quantity: Numeral Classifiers, Measurement, and Partitive Constructions in Mandarin Chinese

Author(s):
Jin Jing
Publisher:
Routledge
Publish Date:
2018
Details:

246 pages

ISBN: 9781138182523

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This book presents an in-depth investigation into the semantic and syntactic properties of Chinese classifiers, and conducts a comprehensive examination on the use of different quantity constructions in Mandarin Chinese. The book deals with one of the most cutting-edge themes in the field of Chinese linguistics in the past decades, and furthers existing research on Chinese classifier phrases within the generative framework.