Numeral Classifier Systems : the Case of Japanese.
Numeral Classifier Systems considers the functional significance of the Japanese numeral system, its conclusions based on a corpus of 500 uses of classifier constructions drawn from oral and written Japanese texts. Interestingly, although the Japanese system appears to conform at least superficially...
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| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam :
John Benjamins Pub. Co.,
1996
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| Series: | Studies in discourse and grammar ;
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Table of Contents:
- NUMERAL CLASSIFIER SYSTEMS THE CASE OF JAPANESE; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Dedication; Preface; Transcription Conventions; Table of Contents; Key to Charts, Figures, and Tables; Chapter 1. Introduction; Types of Classifier Systems; Numeral Classifier Systems; Generic Classifier Systems; Genitive (or Possessive) Classifier Systems; Noun Class (or Gender or Concordial) Systems; Classificatory Verb Stem (or Predicate Classifier) Systems; Problems in Defining Numeral Classifiers; Definition of the Numeral Classifier in Japanese; Classifier Corpus Considered in This Study.
- Classifier Usage SampleQuestionnaire; Core Inventory; Extended Inventory; Classifier Issues of General Interest; The Universality of the Semantic Parameters Underlying Classifier Systems; The Semantic Role of Classifiers; The Structure of the Semantic Field; Interaction with Plurality Markers; Use of Numeral Classifiers as Anaphoric Devices; Numeral Classifiers as Markers of Pragmatic Distinction; Conclusions; Chapter 2. The Japanese System
- History and Morphology; The Numeral System of the Eighth Century; The Classifier System of the Eighth Century; Impediments to Evaluating the System.
- Chinese Influence on the SystemConformity to General Expectations Regarding the Structure of Classifier Systems; Morphology and Syntax of the Present-Day System; Numeral Stock
- Classifier Stock Correspondences; Numeral-Classifier Assimilation Patterns; A. Numeral Assimilation Processes; B. Classifier Assimilation Processes; Syntactic Positions; Chapter 3. Semantic Properties of System Members; Distributional Differences; 1. Frequency of Use; 2. Breadth of Use; 3. Ability to Appear with No Accompanying Noun or Nominal Antecedent; 4. Order of Acquisition; 5. Alternation with Other Classifiers.
- Semantic Properties Influencing Distribution1. Nature of the Referents Associated with the Classifier; 2. Referential Range of the Classifier; 3. Type of Semantic Cohesion Within Referent Class; 4. Internal Structure of the Referent Class; Summary of Semantic Properties of the System; Chapter 4. Structure of the Lexical Field; Previous Analyses; Problems with the Taxonomie Approach; Conclusions; Chapter 5. Instantiation of Universal Semantic Trends in the Japanese Classifier System; Hypothesis 1: Classifiers represent categories of a distinctive semantic type.
- Hypothesis 2: Because of their distinctive semantic properties, classifiers serve to systematically supplement the information carried by nounsEvaluation in the Light of the Evidence from Japanese: Hypothesis 1; Evaluation in the Light of the Evidence from Japanese: Hypothesis 2; Lexical Interrelation of the Classifier and Noun Systems; Importance of Classifiers Representing Deductive Categories; Conclusions; Chapter 6. The Anaphoric Use of Classifier Phrases; Uses of Numeral-Classifier Pairs Unaccompanied by Nouns; 1. Introducing Referents.
