Classifiers: Universal or Specific?

摘要：

Classifiers (henceforth CL) are generally regarded as language specific in previous research, for they only occur in some certain languages such as those in Southeastern Asia (e.g. Chinese, Japanese, etc.). Cinque (2006), making a preliminary discussion on this issue, concludes “even traditional ‘non-numeral classifier’ languages are numeral classifier languages, with mostly abstract, or non-pronounced classifiers.” This paper, with a different analysis, reveals some more facts of CL, which have never been noticed before, and further confirms Cinque’s (2006) assumption.

作者: Cai, Jilang

作者单位: Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

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: 27

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）