- Description
- 1 online resource (pages cm)
- Summary
- "This book investigates nominal arguments in classifier languages. A long-held claim is that classifier languages do not have overt article determiners (D). This book, however, brings to the forefront of the theoretical investigation on the typologically unique Nuosu Yi, a classifier language that will be shown to have an overt article determiner. By comparing nominal arguments in Nuosu Yi to those in Mandarin, the book provides a parametric account of variation among classifier languages and extends the account to argument formation in general. This book begins with a detailed examination of bare numeral classifier phrases in Mandarin by comparing them with bare numeral noun phrases in number marking languages, such as English, French, and Russian. Lastly, the book puts the analysis of Mandarin and Nuosu Yi nominal arguments in a broader, cross-linguistic perspective and develops a parametric account of variation in nominal argument formation in general"--
- Series Statement
- Oxford studies in comparative syntax
- Uniform Title
- Nominal arguments and language variation (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Nominal arguments and language variation (Online)
- Subject
- Note
- Revision of the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Harvard University, 2012.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- Introduction: classifier languages: their definition and variable properties -- A classifier language without D: Mandarin -- A classifier language with D: Nuosu Yi -- When what you see is what you get and when it is not: language universals, variation, and typology of nominal arguments -- Conclusion.
- LCCN
- 2020016478
- OCLC
- ssj0002453726
- Author
Jiang, Li Julie.
- Title
Nominal arguments and language variation [electronic resource] / Li Julie Jiang.
- Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2020.
- Series
Oxford studies in comparative syntax
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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