Classifier Structures in Mandarin Chinese

Author/Contributor(s):	Zhang, Niina Ning
Publisher:	Walter de Gruyter
Date:	05/21/2013
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

In Classifier Structure in Mandarin Chinese, Niina Ning Zhang proposes a new approach to the count-mass contrast, and the properties and functions of classifiers when they occur with numerals, with various quantifiers, in compounds, and in reduplicative forms. The new approach makes a significant contribution to our understanding of the existence of classifiers in numeral classifier languages. The investigation also uncovers that certain non-classifier languages lack only one type of classifiers, whereas other non-classifier languages may lack other types of classifiers.