Space and Quantification in Languages of China, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015

Acknowledgments.- Introduction by Xu Dan and Fu Jingqi.- Part I Impact of Space and Quantification on Language Universals and Typology.- 1 Space, Time and Asymmetry in Chinese by Jerry Packard.- 2 Prosodically Constrained Localizers in Classical and Modern Chinese by Shengli Feng.- 3 The Status of Classifiers in Tibeto-Burman Languages by Jingqi Fu.- Part II Geographical Space.- 4  The Role of Geography in the Northwest China Linguistic Area by Xu Dan.- 5 A Gradual Path to the Loss of Entering tone Syllables: Case studies of Jin dialects in the Lingshi Highlands Shanxi by Li Shen and Naomi Nakano.- Part III Evolution of Quantificational Expressions.- 6 Semantic Change and Grammaticalization of the Universal Quantifier mĕi in Chinese by Janet Zhiqun Xing.- 7 Chinese Names for Integers by Rémi Anicotte.- Part IV Perception and Expressions of Space.- 8 Quantification and Modality: Intransitive ba Sentences by Robert Iljic.- 9 How French learners of Chinese L2 Express Motion Events in Narratives by Arslangul Arnaud.- 10 Expression of the Inclusion Relationship in Contemporary Chinese by Ruoyu Yao.- Part V Verbal Quantification.- 11 On the Semantic Functions of Three Different Types of Classifier Reduplication in Mandarin Chinese by Kairong Yang.- 12 Chinese Semelfactives by Christine Lamarre

Includes the newest studies of Space and quantification, the two most important aspects of human cognition, of languages in China

New data are presented and analyzed in different theoretical models

The contributors to this volume represent different countries and research traditions?

Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras