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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.
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Niina Ning Zhang, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan.
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- PublisherDe Gruyter Mouton
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 3110303744
- ISBN 13 9783110303742
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages331
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