A Note on Reference to Kinds in Mandarin: the N-leikind Compound
This squib examines a special kind-referring expression in Mandarin Chinese, the N-leikind compound. We show that like Mandarin bare nouns, N-leikind compounds also denote kinds, but they can only be instantiated by sets of (sub) kind entities at type <k, t>, and not sets of individuals at typ...
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Main Author: | Li XuPing |
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Language: | EN |
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2017
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Online Access: | https://doaj.org/article/6eb2bc6e119c4c019d1585c6f06521be |
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