Space and Quantification in Languages of China

Acknowledgments.- Introduction by Xu Dan and Fu Jingqi.- Part I Impact of Space and Quantification on Language Universals and Typology.- 1 Space, Time and Asymmetry in Chinese by Jerry Packard.- 2 Prosodically Constrained Localizers in Classical and Modern Chinese by Shengli Feng.- 3 The Status of Classifiers in Tibeto-Burman Languages by Jingqi Fu.- Part II Geographical Space.- 4 The Role of Geography in the Northwest China Linguistic Area by Xu Dan.- 5 A Gradual Path to the Loss of Entering tone Syllables: Case studies of Jin dialects in the Lingshi Highlands Shanxi by Li Shen and Naomi Nakano.- Part III Evolution of Quantificational Expressions.- 6 Semantic Change and Grammaticalization of the Universal Quantifier m i in Chinese by Janet Zhiqun Xing.- 7 Chinese Names for Integers by Rémi Anicotte.- Part IV Perception and Expressions of Space.- 8 Quantification and Modality: Intransitive ba Sentences by Robert Iljic.- 9 How French learners of Chinese L2 Express Motion Events in Narratives by Arslangul Arnaud.- 10 Expression of the Inclusion Relationship in Contemporary Chinese by Ruoyu Yao.- Part V Verbal Quantification.- 11 On the Semantic Functions of Three Different Types of Classifier Reduplication in Mandarin Chinese by Kairong Yang.- 12 Chinese Semelfactives by Christine Lamarre