Noun classifiers in Kam and Chinese Kam-tai languages: Their morphosyntax, semantics and history

Journal of Chinese Linguistics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 237-305

  Gerner, Matthias ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Classifier; Dong; Kam Tai; Quantificational; Referential; Zhuang

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750413091     PISSN: 00913723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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