The Establishment of the Classifier System and the Grammaticalization of the Morphosyntactic Particle "de" in Chinese.

Shi, Yuzhi; Li, Charles N.

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ERIC Number: EJ635150

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Publication Date: 2002

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The Establishment of the Classifier System and the Grammaticalization of the Morphosyntactic Particle "de" in Chinese.

Shi, Yuzhi; Li, Charles N.

Language Sciences, v24 n1 p1-15 Jan 2002

Analyzes the causal relationship between the establishment of the classifier system and the grammaticalization of the morphosyntactic particle "de" in the history of Chinese. Argues that grammaticalization is subject to influence of the overall structural change of a language in a particular period of time. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Chinese, Morphology (Languages), Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Syntax

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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