On the origin and development of classifiers in Jingpo

Compared to that of other Tibeto-Burman languages, the classifier system of Jingpo is not very developed, especially in terms of count-noun classifiers. When most nouns are counted, no classifier (CL) is necessary; the noun can be directly modified by a numeral. For example, 'four chickens'...

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Main Author: Xu, Xijian
Other Authors: Chinese Academy of Social Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179188
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English