Numeral Classifiers in Tai Lue (Xishuangbanna)

Journal of the Southeast Asian Linguistics Society

Audra Phillips¹  William J. Hanna² 

[1] Payap University;SIL International;

关键词: Tai Lue;    Southwestern Tai;    Kam-Tai;    numeral classifiers;    classifier constructions;   

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来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The Tai Lue language has a complex numeral classifier system in common with other Southeast Asian languages. Using data from a 344,000-word corpus of Tai Lue texts, this paper catalogues Tai Lue numeral classifiers and the constructions in which they occur. Like Standard Thai and Lao, the general inanimate classifier an⁴ and the animal classifier too¹ can substitute for specific classifiers, including classifiers for humans, when they host a demonstrative, adjective, or relative clause. Moreover, the human classifier, pʰuu³, occurs almost exclusively in these descriptive constructions.

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