Li Julie Jiang

Nominal Arguments and Language Variation

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates nominal arguments in classifier languages, refuting the long-held claim that classifier languages do not have overt article determiners (D). Li Julie Jiang brings the typologically unique Nuosu Yi, a classifier language that has an overt article D, to the forefront of the theoretical investigation. By comparing nominal arguments in Nuosu Yi to those in Mandarin, a well-studied classifier language that has no overt evidence of article determiners, Jiang provides a new parametric account of variation among classifier languages and extends the account to argument formation in general.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780190084172
• ISBN-10: 0190084170
• Artikelnr.: 60142506

Autorenporträt

Li Julie Jiang is Associate Professor of Chinese Linguistics at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures.

Inhaltsangabe

* Chapter 1: Introduction
* Part I: A Classifier Language without D: Mandarin
* Chapter 2: Bare Numeral Classifier Phrases and Bare Nouns in Mandarin
* Chapter 3: Plurality and Complex Nominal Arguments in Mandarin: still
without D
* Part II: A Classifier Language with D: Nuosu Yi
* Chapter 4: Classifier Languages with D: Nuosu Yi
* Part III: When What You See is What You Get and When it is Not--
Language Universals, Variation, and Typology of Nominal Arguments
* Chapter 5: Variation in Classifier languages
* Chapter 6: Implications on Nominal Argument Formation in General
* Chapter 7: Conclusion
* Bibliography.