Analyse syntaxique des expressions quantitatives en chinois archaïque - article ; n°2 ; vol.22, pg 217-237

Cahiers de linguistique - Asie orientale - Année 1993 - Volume 22 - Numéro 2 - Pages 217-237
Based upon a systematic investigation of the data, this article demonstrates that the appearance of a new structure numeral + measure + noun in Late Archaic Chinese does not result from a change in word order as most syntactic studies propose, but rather from semantic restrictions that develop with the evolution of the language. In quantitative expressions, the prenominal or postnominal position of the numeral assumes a distinct function that one must analyze as modifier and predicate respectively.
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Source : Persée ; Ministère de la jeunesse, de l’éducation nationale et de la recherche, Direction de l’enseignement supérieur, Sous-direction des bibliothèques et de la documentation.