This chapter deals with the use of classifiers in four varieties of Chinese, viz., Mandarin, Wu, Min and Cantonese (or, “Yue”). The main aim is to account for the distribution and interpretation of the different forms of nominal expressions in these languages, as well as for the variation that they display in this regard. To this end, we investigate the question of what parameters play a role and attempt to find deeper reasons
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