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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.
Chinese language -- Classifiers. --- Chinese language -- Grammar. --- Chinese language -- Semantics. --- Chinese language -- Syntax. --- Classifiers (Linguistics). --- Chinese language --- Classifiers (Linguistics) --- Languages & Literatures --- East Asian Languages & Literatures --- Syntax --- Classifiers --- Semantics --- Classifiers. --- Semantics. --- Syntax. --- Chinois (Langue) --- Classificateurs (Linguistique) --- Classificateurs --- Syntaxe --- Sémantique --- Auxiliary numerals (Linguistics) --- Determinatives (Linguistics) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Linguistics --- Sino-Tibetan languages --- Bare Nouns. --- Chinese. --- Determiners. --- Numeral Classifiers.
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This monograph addresses fundamental syntactic issues of classifier constructions, based on a thorough study of a typical classifier language, Mandarin Chinese. It shows that the contrast between count and mass is not binary. Instead, there are two independently attested features: Numerability, the ability of a noun to combine with a numeral directly, and Delimitability, the ability of a noun to be modified by a delimitive modifier, such as size, shape, or boundary modifier. Although all nouns in Chinese are non-count nouns, there is still a mass/non-mass contrast, with mass nouns selected by individuating classifiers and non-mass nouns selected by individual classifiers. Some languages have the counterparts of Chinese individuating classifiers only, some languages have the counterparts of Chinese individual classifiers only, and some other languages have no counterpart of either individual or individuating classifiers of Chinese. The book also reports that unit plurality can be expressed by reduplicative classifiers in the language. Moreover, for the constituency of a numeral expression, an individual, individuating, or kind classifier combines with the noun first and then the numeral is integrated; but a partitive or collective classifier, like a measure word, combines with the numeral first, before the noun is integrated into the whole nominal structure. Furthermore, the book identifies the syntactic positions of various uses of classifiers in the language. A classifier is at a functional head position that has a dependency with a numeral, or a position that has a dependency with a generic or existential quantifier, or a position that represents the singular-plural contrast, or a position that licenses a delimitive modifier when the classifier occurs in a compound.
Mandarin dialects --- Chinese language --- Mandarin (Langue) --- Chinois (Langue) --- Classifiers --- Quantifiers --- Numerals --- Classificateurs --- Quantificateurs --- Numéraux --- Mandarin dialects. --- Northern Chinese dialects --- Chien hua tzu --- Chien tʻi tzu --- Chinese characters, Simplified --- Simplified Chinese characters --- English. --- Simplified characters. --- Jian hua zi --- Jian ti zi --- Chinese characters --- Classifier Languages. --- Classifiers. --- Mandarin Chinese.
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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.
Chinese language --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Sociolinguistics --- Quantifiers. --- Grammar. --- Number. --- China --- Languages. --- Chinois (Langue) --- Quantificateurs (Linguistique) --- Nombre (Linguistique) --- Sociolinguistique --- Quantifiers --- Classifiers --- Grammar --- Quantificateurs --- Classificateurs --- Grammaire --- Chine --- Languages --- Langues --- Language and languages --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Dual (Grammar) --- Number (Grammar) --- Plural (Grammar) --- Quantifiers (Linguistics) --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Sino-Tibetan languages --- Philology --- Chinese Languages. --- Grammaticalization. --- Language Contact. --- Linguistic Typology. --- Non-Han Languages.
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This volume is about the nature of categories in cognition and the relevance of these in language description, especially classifier systems. The classical view of categories was that they were discrete and based upon clusters of properties which were inherent to the entities. In recent years this conception has been challenged in different fields. By now prototype theory has established itself as one of the main approaches in linguistics. This volume brings classifier systems to the attention of cognitive psychologists dealing with the phenomenon of human categorization. For the general lingu
Lexicology. Semantics --- Classifiers (Linguistics) --- -Grammar, Comparative and general --- -Language acquisition --- -Semantics --- -801.56 --- 801.56 Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Syntaxis. Semantiek --- Formal semantics --- Semasiology --- Semiology (Semantics) --- Comparative linguistics --- Information theory --- Language and languages --- Lexicology --- Meaning (Psychology) --- Acquisition of language --- Developmental linguistics --- Developmental psycholinguistics --- Language development in children --- Psycholinguistics, Developmental --- Interpersonal communication in children --- Psycholinguistics --- Comparative grammar --- Grammar --- Grammar, Philosophical --- Grammar, Universal --- Philosophical grammar --- Linguistics --- Philology --- Auxiliary numerals (Linguistics) --- Determinatives (Linguistics) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Congresses --- Grammatical categories --- Nominals --- -Congresses --- Acquisition --- Grammar, Comparative --- Classifiers --- Language acquisition --- Semantics --- Congresses. --- 801.56 --- Grammatical categories&delete& --- Nominals&delete& --- Classificatoren [Taalwetenschap]. (Congres) --- Categorieën [Spraakkunst]. (Congres) --- Semantiek. (Congres) --- Taal. Aanleren. (Congres) --- Classificateurs [Linguistique]. (Congrès) --- Catégories [Grammaire]. (Congrès) --- Sémantique. (Congrès) --- Langage. Apprentissage. (Congrès) --- Naamwoorden. (Congres)
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C'est la classe de langue étrangère qui sert de thème fédérateur à la réflexion d'un nombre important de chercheurs et de praticiens - venus d'horizons multiples tant géographiques que scientifiques - dont les contributions sont réunies ici. L'étendue et la diversité des perspectives autour de ce même objet de réflexion ont été privilégiées pour faire de cet ouvrage un espace ouvert au dialogue, permettant à chacun des auteurs de préciser dans quelle perspective il envisage ce milieu si singulier et paradoxal. Ce travail s'articule autour de quatre chapitres : la place de la langue dans l'enseignement, des pistes théoriques, le point de vue des acteurs (motivations, attitudes et représentations) et enfin différentes questions au nombre desquelles la sociolinguistique, les discours et syntaxe, la littérature, la phonétique et le non-verbal. Après la diversité, c'est la question des corpus de la classe de langue qui est soulignée, la richesse des extraits recueillis in vivo dans les différentes classes en Italie, Angleterre, France, Belgique, Allemagne et même en Australie fournira sans doute une base de données exploitable par l'étudiant, le chercheur ou le pédagogue. Il faut former le souhait que cet ouvrage favorisera les échanges entre les auteurs connus ou moins connus qui y ont contribué mais aussi entre tous ceux qui travaillent sur la classe de langue.
Second language acquisition. --- Language and languages --- Linguistic analysis (Linguistics) --- Sociolinguistics. --- Classifiers (Linguistics) --- Categorization (Linguistics) --- Langue seconde --- Langage et langues --- Analyse linguistique (Linguistique) --- Sociolinguistique --- Classificateurs (Linguistique) --- Catégorisation (Linguistique) --- Study and teaching. --- Acquisition --- Etude et enseignement --- Second language acquisition --- Sociolinguistics --- Study and teaching --- Frans als vreemde taal --- Franse taal --- Taal en talen --- Vreemdetalenonderwijs --- didactiek --- didactiek. --- Catégorisation (Linguistique) --- Foreign language training --- Language and society --- Society and language --- Sociology of language --- Language and culture --- Linguistics --- Sociology --- Integrational linguistics (Oxford school) --- Second language learning --- Language acquisition --- Analysis, Linguistic (Linguistics) --- Analysis (Philosophy) --- Grammar, Comparative and general --- Foreign language study --- Language and education --- Language schools --- Auxiliary numerals (Linguistics) --- Determinatives (Linguistics) --- Classification (Linguistics) --- Social aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Classifiers --- Language and languages Study and teaching --- Language and languages - Study and teaching --- LANGAGE ET LANGUES --- ETUDE ET ENSEIGNEMENT --- Langues --- Étude et enseignement
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