Space and Quantification in Languages of China [electronic resource] / edited by Dan Xu, Jingqi Fu.

  Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I Impact of Space and Quantification on Language Universals and Typology -- 1 Space, Time and Asymmetry in Chinese -- 2 Prosodically Constrained Localizers in Classical and Modern Chinese -- 3 The Status of Classifiers in Tibeto-Burman Languages -- Part II Geographical Space -- 4 The Role of Geography in the Northwest China Linguistic Area -- 5 A Gradual Path to the Loss of Entering tone Syllables: Case studies of Jin dialects in the Lingshi Highlands Shanxi -- Part III Evolution of Quantificational Expressions -- 6 Semantic Change and Grammaticalization of the Universal Quantifier mĕi in Chinese -- 7 Chinese Names for Integers -- Part IV Perception and Expressions of Space -- 8 Quantification and Modality: Intransitive ba Sentences -- 9 How French learners of Chinese L2 Express Motion Events in Narratives -- 10 Expression of the Inclusion Relationship in Contemporary Chinese -- Part V Verbal Quantification -- 11 On the Semantic Functions of Three Different Types of Classifier Reduplication in Mandarin Chinese -- 12 Chinese Semelfactives.