Del i serien Routledge Studies in East Asian Linguistics

Numeral Classifiers and Classifier Languages

Chinese, Japanese, and Korean

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

AvChungmin Lee,Young-Wha Kim,Byeong-Uk Yi

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Focusing mainly on classifiers, Numeral Classifiers and Classifier Languages offers a deep investigation of three major classifier languages: Chinese, Japanese, and Korean. This book provides detailed discussions well supported by empirical evidence and corpus analyses. Theoretical hypotheses regarding differences and commonalities between numeral classifier languages and other mainly article languages are tested to seek universals or typological characteristics. The essays collected here from leading scholars in different fields promise to be greatly significant in the field of linguistics for several reasons. First, it targets three representative classifier languages in Asia. It also provides critical clues and suggests solutions to syntactic, semantic, psychological, and philosophical issues about classifier constructions. Finally, it addresses ensuing debates that may arise in the field of linguistics in general and neighboring inter-disciplinary areas. This book should be of great interest to advanced students and scholars of East Asian languages.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-02-18
Mått156 x 234 x 23 mm
Vikt560 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in East Asian Linguistics
Antal sidor268
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781138054974

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Chapter I: Numeral Classifiers and Diversity of Classifier SystemsChapter II: Taxonomy of Numeral Classifiers: A Formal Semantic ProposalChapter III: Japanese Semantics and the Mass/Count DistinctionChapter IV: A Continuum-Based Approach to the Count-Mass Distinction in KoreanChapter V: Anti-Generic (Existential) and Distributive Nature of NumCL-MarkingChapter VI: Classifiers, Articles, and Bare NominalsChapter VII: Japanese Numeral Quantifiers that Count EventsChapter VIII: How Classifiers Affect the Mental Representation of EntitiesChapter IX: Descriptive Function of Numeral Classifiers: A Corpus Based Analysis of Numeral Classifiers in Korean

'This is the first volume, published for an international audience, that draws together a group of leading researchers in numeral classifiers in Chinese, Japanese and Korean. The articles included in the volume provide not only fresh data on numeral classifiers but also innovative approaches to the topic. The volume will serve as a useful resource for advanced postgraduate students and all scholars who work on the topic.' — Jaejung Song, Professor, Department of English and Linguistics, University of Otago, New Zealand