Why Classifiers are Not Determiners: From Chinese to Bantu

摘要：

1. Cheng and Sybesma (1999, 2005) argued that Mandarin and Cantonese classifiers are the counterpart of English definite articles/determiners. Their analysis is based on the following observations: both classifiers and determiners fulfill the individualizing/singularizing function and the deictic function. 2. Wu and Bodomo (2009, hereafter W&B), argued that it is inappropriate to equate Chinese classifiers with English definite determiners for the following reasons.

作者: Juvenal Ndayiragije Emmanuel Nikiema

作者单位: University of Toronto

会议类型: 国内会议

会议名称: 第五届形式语言学国际研讨会

会议地点: 光盘

会议语种:英文

页码: 74

在线出版日期: 2011-12-10（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）