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
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.