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Bare and Not-So-Bare Nouns and the Structure of NP

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Abstract:

This article examines the distribution and interpretational variability of bare nouns and [classifier+noun] phrases in Cantonese and Mandarin. We argue that bare nouns ar...Show More

Abstract:

This article examines the distribution and interpretational variability of bare nouns and [classifier+noun] phrases in Cantonese and Mandarin. We argue that bare nouns are never bare in structure and that [classifier+noun] phrases may have more structure than just Classifier Phrase. We show that the lack of articles and number morphology in Cantonese/Mandarin leads to many interesting differences between Chinese-type languages and English-/Italian-type languages.
Published in: Linguistic Inquiry ( Volume: 30, Issue: 4, October 1999)
Page(s): 509 - 542
Date of Publication: October 1999
Print ISSN: 0024-3892