One-Soon Her
Biographic Data
| ID | 952001 |
|---|---|
| NAME | One-Soon Her |
| GIVEN NAMES | One-Soon |
| FAMILY NAME | Her |
| SIGNATURE | HER O |
| AFFILIATIONS | National Chengchi University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8255-8061 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Defending Greenberg's Universal 20A: On the Putative [Classifier Noun Numeral] Construction in Tai‐Kadai
This paper investigates the putative N‐intervening word order among Numeral (Num), Classifier (Clf), and Noun (N), that is, [Clf N Num], where the numeral is the indigenous one , found in 16 Asian languages, 15 Tai‐Kadai and one Austroasiatic, whose canonical word order is otherwise [Num Clf N]. This peculiar word order violates Greenberg's Universal 20A, that is, Num and Clf must be adjacent. Thus, the two N‐intervening orders, [Clf N Num] and […
Simultaneous promotion of bilingualism and multilingualism? Unpacking conflicting orientations of language as problem, right, and resource in Taiwan
Early humans out of Africa had only base-initial numerals
The vast majority of languages have numerals involving multiplication. Cross-linguistically, a numeral that involves a multiplier and a numeral base can be base-final, e.g., three hundred [three × hundred] in English, or base-initial, e.g., ikie ita [hundred × three] in Ibibio (Niger-Congo). A worldwide survey of 4099 languages reveals that 39% of the languages are base-initial, 48% are base-final, 4% use both orders, and 8% are without numeral b…
Structure of numerals and classifiers in Chinese: Historical and typological perspectives and cross-linguistic implications
It is controversial whether a classifier (C) or measure word (M) in Chinese forms a constituent first with Num (numeral) or N in a [Num C/M N] phrase. This paper reviews evidence for the [Num C/M] constituency from modern Chinese and then provides evidence from historical and typological perspectives. Under the [Num C/M] constituency, not only the C/M word orders attested in Chinese history, but also all those attested elsewhere, can be straightf…
Complex numerals in English: Constituents or not
This article focuses on the controversy over whether complex numerals in English are constituents. Contra the traditional view (e.g. Hurford 1975; Greenberg 1990 [1978]), the cascading structure proposed in Ionin & Matushansky (2006, 2018) maintains that cross-linguistically a complex numeral does not form a constituent to the exclusion of the NP complement. The derivation of an additive complex numeral, e.g. twenty-two people , thus involves an …
On a dichotomy of question types: The case of Mandarin Chinese and Changsha Xiang
Contrary to the conventional three-way distinction of questions: polar questions, disjunctive questions, and wh -questions, we argue for a more revealing two-way distinction of polar versus constituent questions, the latter with two subtypes: disjunctive and wh -questions. Following Bhatt, Rajesh & Veneeta Dayal. 2020. Polar question particles: Hindi-Urdu kya. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 38. 1115–1144 proposal that polar questions denote…
Defining numeral classifiers and identifying classifier languages of the world
This paper presents a precise definition of numeral classifiers, steps to identify a numeral classifier language, and a database of 3,338 languages, of which 723 languages have been identified as having a numeral classifier system. The database, named World Atlas of Classifier Languages (WACL), has been systematically constructed over the last 10 years via a manual survey of relevant literature and also an automatic scan of digitized grammars fol…
Expansion by migration and diffusion by contact is a source to the global diversity of linguistic nominal categorization systems
Languages of diverse structures and different families tend to share common patterns if they are spoken in geographic proximity. This convergence is often explained by horizontal diffusibility, which is typically ascribed to language contact. In such a scenario, speakers of two or more languages interact and influence each other’s languages, and in this interaction, more grammaticalized features tend to be more resistant to diffusion compared to …
Numeral base, numeral classifier, and noun: Word order harmonization
Greenberg ( 1990a : 292) suggests that classifiers ( clf ) and numeral bases tend to harmonize in word order, i.e. a numeral (Num) with a base-final [ n base ] order appears in a clf -final [Num clf ] order, e.g. in Mandarin Chinese, san1-bai3 (three hundred) ‘300’ and san1 zhi1 gou3 (three clf animal dog) ‘three dogs’, and a base-initial [ base n ] Num appears in a clf -initial [ clf Num] order, e.g. in Kilivila (Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Ocean…
Deriving classifier word order typology, or Greenberg’s Universal 20A and Universal 20
The word order typology of numerals (Num), classifier or measure word (C/M), and noun (N) put forth by Greenberg (1990 [1972], Numerical classifiers and substantival number: Problems in the genesis of a linguistic type. In Keith Denning & Suzanne Kemmer (eds.)
Overt Coordination in Additive Numerals of Minority Languages in South China
This paper explores a typology of overt coordination in additive numerals in a number of minority languages in South China. Among approximately 100 minority languages surveyed, 26 languages feature different coordinators for additive numerals and noun phrases. We show that these two types of coordinators are not semantically, etymologically, or morphologically related. This phenomenon presents a serious challenge to the proposal that additive num…
On silent elements: A case study of grand and its silent entourage
Distinguishing classifiers and measure words: A mathematical perspective and implications
Apparent subject-object inversion in Chinese
This article is concerned with the problem of argument-function mismatch observed in the (apparent) subject-object inversion in Chinese consumption verbs, e.g
Argument-function mismatches in Mandarin resultatives: A lexical mapping account
Justifying part-of-speech assignments for Mandarin gei
Variation of the VO construction in Chinese: A Synchronic Account
En se basant sur les 3 types de sequences VO explicitement definis en chinois selon leur forme et leur fonction : 1) mots, 2) syntagmes idiomatiques et 3) double statut (mots et syntagmes), l'A. argumente en faveur d'une analyse lexicaliste synchronique de la variation. D'un point de vue diachronique, cette variation est la consequence de deux processus concurrents, la lexicalisation (processus de transformation des syntagmes VO en composes VO) e…
On the Mandarin possessive and existential verb you and its idiomatic expressions
Topic as a grammatical function in Chinese
Historical development of ba and jiang in the Tang Dynasty
Based on evidence in Zen dialogues, Bianwen and Chuanqi texts in the Tang Dynasty ( a.d. 618–907), and other sources from earlier and later periods, this article, after dismissing the common misconception that during Tang ba ( ) was frequently used in the disposal and serial-verb constructions, proposes that the grammaticalization of the jiang ( ) serial-verb construction was encouraged by yi ( ), but jiang 's disposal characteristic was modeled …
Argument-function mismatches in Mandarin resultatives: A lexical mapping account
Overt Coordination in Additive Numerals of Minority Languages in South China
This paper explores a typology of overt coordination in additive numerals in a number of minority languages in South China. Among approximately 100 minority languages surveyed, 26 languages feature different coordinators for additive numerals and noun phrases. We show that these two types of coordinators are not semantically, etymologically, or morphologically related. This phenomenon presents a serious challenge to the proposal that additive num…
Distinguishing classifiers and measure words: A mathematical perspective and implications
Topic as a grammatical function in Chinese
Historical development of ba and jiang in the Tang Dynasty
Based on evidence in Zen dialogues, Bianwen and Chuanqi texts in the Tang Dynasty ( a.d. 618–907), and other sources from earlier and later periods, this article, after dismissing the common misconception that during Tang ba ( ) was frequently used in the disposal and serial-verb constructions, proposes that the grammaticalization of the jiang ( ) serial-verb construction was encouraged by yi ( ), but jiang 's disposal characteristic was modeled …
On the Mandarin possessive and existential verb you and its idiomatic expressions
Simultaneous promotion of bilingualism and multilingualism? Unpacking conflicting orientations of language as problem, right, and resource in Taiwan
Defining numeral classifiers and identifying classifier languages of the world
This paper presents a precise definition of numeral classifiers, steps to identify a numeral classifier language, and a database of 3,338 languages, of which 723 languages have been identified as having a numeral classifier system. The database, named World Atlas of Classifier Languages (WACL), has been systematically constructed over the last 10 years via a manual survey of relevant literature and also an automatic scan of digitized grammars fol…
On silent elements: A case study of grand and its silent entourage
Justifying part-of-speech assignments for Mandarin gei
Historical development of ba and jiang in the Tang Dynasty
Based on evidence in Zen dialogues, Bianwen and Chuanqi texts in the Tang Dynasty ( a.d. 618–907), and other sources from earlier and later periods, this article, after dismissing the common misconception that during Tang ba ( ) was frequently used in the disposal and serial-verb constructions, proposes that the grammaticalization of the jiang ( ) serial-verb construction was encouraged by yi ( ), but jiang 's disposal characteristic was modeled …
On the Mandarin possessive and existential verb you and its idiomatic expressions
Topic as a grammatical function in Chinese
Variation of the VO construction in Chinese: A Synchronic Account
En se basant sur les 3 types de sequences VO explicitement definis en chinois selon leur forme et leur fonction : 1) mots, 2) syntagmes idiomatiques et 3) double statut (mots et syntagmes), l'A. argumente en faveur d'une analyse lexicaliste synchronique de la variation. D'un point de vue diachronique, cette variation est la consequence de deux processus concurrents, la lexicalisation (processus de transformation des syntagmes VO en composes VO) e…
Justifying part-of-speech assignments for Mandarin gei
Argument-function mismatches in Mandarin resultatives: A lexical mapping account
Apparent subject-object inversion in Chinese
This article is concerned with the problem of argument-function mismatch observed in the (apparent) subject-object inversion in Chinese consumption verbs, e.g
Distinguishing classifiers and measure words: A mathematical perspective and implications
On silent elements: A case study of grand and its silent entourage
Deriving classifier word order typology, or Greenberg’s Universal 20A and Universal 20
The word order typology of numerals (Num), classifier or measure word (C/M), and noun (N) put forth by Greenberg (1990 [1972], Numerical classifiers and substantival number: Problems in the genesis of a linguistic type. In Keith Denning & Suzanne Kemmer (eds.)
Overt Coordination in Additive Numerals of Minority Languages in South China
This paper explores a typology of overt coordination in additive numerals in a number of minority languages in South China. Among approximately 100 minority languages surveyed, 26 languages feature different coordinators for additive numerals and noun phrases. We show that these two types of coordinators are not semantically, etymologically, or morphologically related. This phenomenon presents a serious challenge to the proposal that additive num…
Numeral base, numeral classifier, and noun: Word order harmonization
Greenberg ( 1990a : 292) suggests that classifiers ( clf ) and numeral bases tend to harmonize in word order, i.e. a numeral (Num) with a base-final [ n base ] order appears in a clf -final [Num clf ] order, e.g. in Mandarin Chinese, san1-bai3 (three hundred) ‘300’ and san1 zhi1 gou3 (three clf animal dog) ‘three dogs’, and a base-initial [ base n ] Num appears in a clf -initial [ clf Num] order, e.g. in Kilivila (Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, Ocean…
Expansion by migration and diffusion by contact is a source to the global diversity of linguistic nominal categorization systems
Languages of diverse structures and different families tend to share common patterns if they are spoken in geographic proximity. This convergence is often explained by horizontal diffusibility, which is typically ascribed to language contact. In such a scenario, speakers of two or more languages interact and influence each other’s languages, and in this interaction, more grammaticalized features tend to be more resistant to diffusion compared to …
Structure of numerals and classifiers in Chinese: Historical and typological perspectives and cross-linguistic implications
It is controversial whether a classifier (C) or measure word (M) in Chinese forms a constituent first with Num (numeral) or N in a [Num C/M N] phrase. This paper reviews evidence for the [Num C/M] constituency from modern Chinese and then provides evidence from historical and typological perspectives. Under the [Num C/M] constituency, not only the C/M word orders attested in Chinese history, but also all those attested elsewhere, can be straightf…
Complex numerals in English: Constituents or not
This article focuses on the controversy over whether complex numerals in English are constituents. Contra the traditional view (e.g. Hurford 1975; Greenberg 1990 [1978]), the cascading structure proposed in Ionin & Matushansky (2006, 2018) maintains that cross-linguistically a complex numeral does not form a constituent to the exclusion of the NP complement. The derivation of an additive complex numeral, e.g. twenty-two people , thus involves an …
On a dichotomy of question types: The case of Mandarin Chinese and Changsha Xiang
Contrary to the conventional three-way distinction of questions: polar questions, disjunctive questions, and wh -questions, we argue for a more revealing two-way distinction of polar versus constituent questions, the latter with two subtypes: disjunctive and wh -questions. Following Bhatt, Rajesh & Veneeta Dayal. 2020. Polar question particles: Hindi-Urdu kya. Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 38. 1115–1144 proposal that polar questions denote…
Defining numeral classifiers and identifying classifier languages of the world
This paper presents a precise definition of numeral classifiers, steps to identify a numeral classifier language, and a database of 3,338 languages, of which 723 languages have been identified as having a numeral classifier system. The database, named World Atlas of Classifier Languages (WACL), has been systematically constructed over the last 10 years via a manual survey of relevant literature and also an automatic scan of digitized grammars fol…
Early humans out of Africa had only base-initial numerals
The vast majority of languages have numerals involving multiplication. Cross-linguistically, a numeral that involves a multiplier and a numeral base can be base-final, e.g., three hundred [three × hundred] in English, or base-initial, e.g., ikie ita [hundred × three] in Ibibio (Niger-Congo). A worldwide survey of 4099 languages reveals that 39% of the languages are base-initial, 48% are base-final, 4% use both orders, and 8% are without numeral b…
Defending Greenberg's Universal 20A: On the Putative [Classifier Noun Numeral] Construction in Tai‐Kadai
This paper investigates the putative N‐intervening word order among Numeral (Num), Classifier (Clf), and Noun (N), that is, [Clf N Num], where the numeral is the indigenous one , found in 16 Asian languages, 15 Tai‐Kadai and one Austroasiatic, whose canonical word order is otherwise [Num Clf N]. This peculiar word order violates Greenberg's Universal 20A, that is, Num and Clf must be adjacent. Thus, the two N‐intervening orders, [Clf N Num] and […
Simultaneous promotion of bilingualism and multilingualism? Unpacking conflicting orientations of language as problem, right, and resource in Taiwan
Linguistics (19 works) · Philosophy (17 works) · Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation (17 works) · Computer Science (14 works) · Numeral system (9 works) · Artificial Intelligence (8 works) · Multilingual Education and Policy (8 works) · Natural language processing (8 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (7 works) · Mathematics (7 works)