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| Title: | Word order of numeral classifiers and numeral bases: Harmonization by multiplication |
| Authors: | 何萬順
Her, One-Soon
Tang*, Macr
Li, Bing-Tsiong |
| Contributors: | 語言所 |
| Keywords: | classifier;multiplication;numeral base;harmonization |
| Date: | 2018-12 |
| Issue Date: | 2020-06-20 14:07:59 (UTC+8) |
| Abstract: | In a numeral classifier language, a sortal classifier (C) or a mensural classifier (M) is needed when a noun is quantified by a numeral (Num). Greenberg (1990b, p. 185) first observes that cross-linguistically Num and C/M are adjacent, either in a [Num C/M] order or [C/M Num]. Likewise, in a complex numeral with a multiplicative composition, the base may follow the multiplier as in [n × base], e.g., san-bai ‘three hundred’ in Standard Mandarin. However, the base may precede the multiplier, thus [base × n], which is also attested. Greenberg (1990a, p. 293) further observes that [n × base] numerals appear with a [Num C/M] alignment and [base × n] numerals with [C/M Num]; base and C/M thus seem to harmonize in word order. This paper first motivates the base-C/M harmonization via the multiplicative theory of classifiers (Her, 2012a, 2017a), and verifies it empirically within six language groups in the world’s foremost hotbed of classifier languages: Sinitic, Miao-Yao, Austro-Asiatic, Tai-Kadai, Tibeto-Burman, and Indo-Aryan. Our survey further reveals two interesting facts: base-initial ([base × n]) and C/M-initial ([C/M Num]) orders exist only in Tibeto-Burman (TB) within our dataset and so are the few scarce violations to the base-C/M harmonization. We offer an explanation based on Proto-TB’s base-initial numerals and language contact with neighboring base-final, C/M-final languages. |
| Relation: | STUF-Language Typology and Universals, 72:3 |
| Data Type: | article |
| DOI 連結: | https://doi.org/10.1515/stuf-2019-0017 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/stuf-2019-0017 |
| Appears in Collections: | [語言學研究所] 期刊論文
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