Partition and Quantity

<p><em>Partition and Quantity: Numeral Classifiers Measurement and Partitive Constructions in Mandarin Chinese</em> presents an in-depth investigation into the semantic and syntactic properties of Chinese classifiers and conducts a comprehensive examination on the use of different quantity constructions in Chinese. </p><p></p><p>This book echoes a rapid development in the past decades in Chinese linguistics research within the generative framework on Chinese classifier phrases an area that has emerged as one of the most cutting-edge themes in the field of Chinese linguistics. </p><p></p><p>The book on the one hand offers a closer scrutiny on empirical data and revisits some long-lasting research problems such as the semantic factor bearing on the formation of Chinese numeral classifier constructions the (non-)licensing of the linker <i>de</i> (的) in between the numeral classifier and the noun and the conditions regulating the use of pre-classifier adjectives. On the other hand particular attention is paid to the issues that have been less studied or gone unnoticed in previous studies including a (more) fine-grained subcategorization of Chinese measurement constructions the multiple grammatical roles played by the marker <i>de</i> (的) in different numeral classifier constructions the formation and derivation of Chinese partitive constructions etc.</p>