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1 online resource (285 p.) |
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Routledge Studies in East Asian Linguistics Ser |
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Routledge Studies in East Asian Linguistics Ser
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| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- List of contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 Numeral classifiers and diversity of classifier systems -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Classifiers and numeratives -- 3 Classifier languages -- 4 Classifiers and plural marking -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 2 Taxonomy of numeral classifiers: a formal semantic proposal -- 1 Introduction -- 2 A confused state of affairs -- 3 A math-based taxonomy of C/M -- 4 A formal semantic account |
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5 Implications of the mass/count distinction -- 6 Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 3 Japanese semantics and the mass/count distinction -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Three kinds of numeral suffixes -- 3 Numeral phrase modifier bun -- 4 Individuated and non-individuated reference of noun occurrences -- 5 A simple test for identifying different kinds of numeral suffixes -- 6 Chopsticks, shoes, and twins -- 7 What does a sortal suffix contribute to the meaning of a sentence? -- 8 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 4 A continuum-based approach to the count-mass distinction in Korean |
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1 Introduction -- 2 Syntactic differences between count and mass nouns -- 3 A continuum-based approach to Korean nouns -- 4 The so-called plural marker -tul as a distributivity marker -- 5 Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Definiteness, specificity, and genericity in numeral classifier languages -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Demonstrative anaphoric definite in discourse -- 3 Bare common N definites in non-subject position in Chinese, Korean, and Japanese -- 4 Demonstratives or second person pronouns in slur words -- 5 Specific indefinites -- 6 Dynamic genericity |
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7 Quantization, distributivity, and plurality in CL languages -- 8 Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- 6 Classifiers, articles, and bare nominals -- 1 Introduction: The DP hypothesis and bare nominals -- 2 Longobardi's account of bare nominals -- 3 Chierchia's typology: mass nouns and kind-reference -- 4 Numeral classifiers and quasi-determiners -- 5 The subject constraint on Chinese nominals -- 6 Concluding remarks -- Appendix -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- 7 Japanese numeral quantifiers that count events -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Previous studies |
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3 Japanese verbal event classifiers: survey -- 4 The NQV+suru construction -- 5 Concluding remarks -- Notes -- References -- 8 How classifiers affect the mental representation of entities -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Part I: influence of language on the ontological distinction and construal of physical entities -- 3 Part II: do classifier languages grammatically distinguish count nouns and mass nouns? -- 4 Conclusions and future research -- Acknowledgments -- Note -- References -- 9 Descriptive function of numeral classifiers: a corpus-based analysis of numeral classifiers in Korean -- 1 Introduction |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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2 Classifier vs. non-classifier languages |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Kim, Young-Wha
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Yi, Byeong-uk
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| ISBN |
9781351679596 |
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1351679597 |
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