A Review of Numeral Classifiers in Chinese：The Syntax-Semantics Interface

doi:10.12002/j.bisu.185

Abstract

Abstract:

The study of numeral classifier constructions in Mandarin Chinese is mainly represented by two groups of ideas: the division of count classifiers and mass classifiers by Cheng & Sybesma（1998, 2005）in contrast to the classification of counting classifiers and measure classifiers proposed by Rothstein（2009, 2010）and Li（2013）. This article introduces Li’s book Numeral Classifiers in Chinese: The Syntax-Semantics Interface（2013）mainly with his study on Chinese classifiers of counting and measure, and then makes a brief comment.

Keywords: numeral classifier constructions; count classifiers; mass classifiers; counting; measure

摘要：

关于汉语数量结构的研究成果颇丰,主要有两种观点,第一种观点以Cheng & Sybesma（1998/2005）的count classifiers和mass classifiers的区分为代表,第二种观点以Rothstein（2009/2010）、李旭平（2013）的classifiers of counting和classifiers of measure的区分为代表。本文介绍李旭平2013年出版的Numeral Classifiers in Chinese：The Syntax-Semantics Interface一书,介绍其汉语计数量词与计量量词的理论,并作简要评价。

关键词: 数量结构, 个体量词, 非个体量词, 计数, 计量

CLC Number:

H030

Xiaohe YUAN. A Review of Numeral Classifiers in Chinese：The Syntax-Semantics Interface[J]. Journal of Beijing International Studies University, 2018, 40(6): 110-122.

苑晓鹤. Numeral Classifiers in Chinese：The Syntax-Semantics Interface评介[J]. 北京第二外国语学院学报, 2018, 40(6): 110-122.

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