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| Title | Numeral base, numeral classifier, and noun: Word order harmonization |
| Creator | 何萬順 Her, One-Soon Tang, Marc |
| Contributor | 語言所 |
| Key Words | numeral base ; numeral ; classifier ; word order ; noun ; harmonization |
| Date | 2020 |
| Date Issued | 20-Jun-2020 14:07:53 (UTC+8) |
| Summary | Greenberg (1990a: 292) suggests that classifiers (clf) and numeral bases tend to harmonize in word order, i.e. a numeral (Num) with a base-final [n base] order appears in a clf-final [Num clf] order, e.g. in Mandarin Chinese, san1-bai3 (three hundred) ‘300’ and san1 zhi1 gou3 (three clf animal dog) ‘three dogs’, and a base-initial [base n] Num appears in a clf-initial [clf Num] order, e.g. in Kilivila (Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic), akatu-tolu (hundred three) ‘300’ and na-tolu yena (clf animal-three fish) ‘three fish’. In non-classifier languages, base and noun (N) tend to harmonize in word order. We propose that harmonization between clf and N should also obtain. A detailed statistical analysis of a geographically and phylogenetically weighted set of 400 languages shows that the harmonization of word order between numeral bases, classifiers, and nouns is statistically highly significant, as only 8.25% (33/400) of the languages display violations, which are mostly located at the meeting points between head-final and head-initial languages, indicating that language contact is the main factor in the violations to the probabilistic universals. |
| Relation | Language and Linguistics, 21:4, 511–556 |
| Type | article |
| dc.contributor | 語言所 | - |
| dc.creator (作者) | 何萬順 | - |
| dc.creator (作者) | Her, One-Soon | - |
| dc.creator (作者) | Tang, Marc | - |
| dc.date (日期) | 2020 | - |
| dc.date.accessioned | 20-Jun-2020 14:07:53 (UTC+8) | - |
| dc.date.available | 20-Jun-2020 14:07:53 (UTC+8) | - |
| dc.date.issued (上傳時間) | 20-Jun-2020 14:07:53 (UTC+8) | - |
| dc.identifier.uri (URI) | http://nccur.lib.nccu.edu.tw/handle/140.119/130092 | - |
| dc.description.abstract (摘要) | Greenberg (1990a: 292) suggests that classifiers (clf) and numeral bases tend to harmonize in word order, i.e. a numeral (Num) with a base-final [n base] order appears in a clf-final [Num clf] order, e.g. in Mandarin Chinese, san1-bai3 (three hundred) ‘300’ and san1 zhi1 gou3 (three clf animal dog) ‘three dogs’, and a base-initial [base n] Num appears in a clf-initial [clf Num] order, e.g. in Kilivila (Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Oceanic), akatu-tolu (hundred three) ‘300’ and na-tolu yena (clf animal-three fish) ‘three fish’. In non-classifier languages, base and noun (N) tend to harmonize in word order. We propose that harmonization between clf and N should also obtain. A detailed statistical analysis of a geographically and phylogenetically weighted set of 400 languages shows that the harmonization of word order between numeral bases, classifiers, and nouns is statistically highly significant, as only 8.25% (33/400) of the languages display violations, which are mostly located at the meeting points between head-final and head-initial languages, indicating that language contact is the main factor in the violations to the probabilistic universals. | - |
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| dc.relation (關聯) | Language and Linguistics, 21:4, 511–556 | - |
| dc.subject (關鍵詞) | numeral base ; numeral ; classifier ; word order ; noun ; harmonization | - |
| dc.title (題名) | Numeral base, numeral classifier, and noun: Word order harmonization | - |
| dc.type (資料類型) | article | - |