This paper analyzes the use of the structural sequence" numeral (yī'one')-classifier"(NC) in
Mandarin Chinese and its function in discourse. It demonstrates that the use of NCs …

This paper reports on a study of the pragmatic function of numeral-classifiers in Mandarin
Chinese. It argues that even though the most basic function of numeral-classifiers is to …

The paper discusses the findings of an investigation on the manners in which the Mandarin
numeral classifiers (NCL) are used in natural discourse. Five short stories written in …

詞的句法結構, 句法位置以及語義解讀提供了精細的描寫和分析. 基於 [Numerability] 和
[Delimitability] 兩個具有雙值特徵的屬性, 本書提出了名詞的四分法, 通過名詞的四分法來對漢語 …

This article argues that the scope rules for Chinese quantifiers interacting with other
quantifiers and operators have none of the complications that mark the English …

This paper revisits the syntax and semantics of the plural morpheme-men in Mandarin
Chinese. In previous literature, there are mainly three formal approaches to explain the …

In a recent approach to the internal structure of nominals, all nouns across languages are
proposed to be mass, and thus need to be portioned out (ie, divided) in order to interact with …

Numeral classifiers have consistently been treated as lexical words (实词 shici or 体词 tici)
by traditional Chinese grammarians but considered functional elements in most theoretical …

The present essay is an attempt to determine the basic syntactic properties of
socalled'numeratives' as a specific class of items in the grammar of Mandarin Chinese …

摘要汉语与泰语皆是分类词语言(classifier language), 此两种语言的基本数量词组结构具有
相同的词序, 即“数词+ 量词” 结构. 就汉语而言,“一+ 名量词” 结构除了表示计量的语法意义之外 …