Numeral classifiers in Chinese : the syntax-semantics interface /
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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Berlin :
De Gruyter Mouton,
2013.
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Colección: | Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ;
250. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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. |
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Notas: | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral - Ramat-Gan) under the title: On the semantics of classifiers in Chinese. |
Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 309 pages) : illustrations |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9783110289336 3110289334 |
ISSN: | 1861-4302 ; |