Plurality and Classifiers across Languages in China / / ed. by Dan Xu.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• MitwirkendeR: Bisang, Walter,; Feng, Shengli,; Fu, Jingqi,; Gu, Yang,; Harbsmeier, Christoph,; Hun-Tak Lee, Thomas,; Jang-Ling, Lin,; Liu, Hongyong,; Meisterernst, Barbara,; Paris, Marie-Claude,; Peyraube, Alain,; Xu, Dan,
• HerausgeberIn: Xu, Dan,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2012]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM] , 255
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of contents --; Preface --; Introduction Plurality and Classifiers across languages of China --; I Correlations between different types of quantification --; 1 Numeral classifiers with plural marking. A challenge to Greenberg --; 2 Reduplication in languages: A case study of languages of China --; II Numeral classifiers and their diachronic development --; 3 The Syntax and prosody of classifiers in Classical Chinese --; 4 Individuating classifiers in Early Southern Min (14th–19th centuries) --; III The expression of plurality --; 5 Plurality and the subclassification of Nouns in Classical Chinese --; 6 Number in Chinese: a diachronic study of zhū 諸 from Han to Wei Jin Nanbeichao Chinese --; 7 Bu-tong ‘different’ and nominal plurality in Mandarin Chinese --; 8 Plurality in the pronominal paradigms of Bai dialects --; 9 Frequentative aspect and pluractionality in Nuosu Yi --; 10 Quantificational structures in three-yearold Chinese-speaking children --; Author index --; Subject index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110293982; 9783110649772; 9783110238570; 9783110238457; 9783110636970; 9783110742961; 9783110288995; 9783110288902; 9783110288896
• ISSN: 1861-4302
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110293982
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Dan Xu.

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.