The syntax of numeral classifiers in Indonesian  

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Kadaryanto, Budi

Jenis: Article from Proceeding
Dalam koleksi: Kolita 8: Konferensi Linguistik Tahunan Atma Jaya 8: Tingkat Internasional, Jakarta, 24 April 2010, page 269.
Topik: NUMERAL; CLASSIFIERS; SYNTAX; MASS; COUNT; NOUNS
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Classifiers are conceivably believed to appear in all languages. They can be identified as being two categories, the one being as a functional category which sits in a surface structure under certain conditions, and the other being as a lexical category which has meaning on its own. A non classifier language like English only allows classifiers to quantify mass nouns since the distinction between singular and plural nouns is active. It is different from a classifier language like Indonesian which allows classifiers to follow count nouns. Classifiers in such a language can principally be used in most nouns, regardless its being singular or plural. Most classifier languages like Japanese and Chinese neutralize the distinction between singular and plural noun. All nouns are considered as mass nouns, the idea which differentiates them from non classifier languages like English. Indonesian is a language which has numeral classifiers appearing in a construction where a numeral modifies a noun and followed by a classifier which can be optional or obligatory under certain circumstances. Even though classifiers can be optional in Indonesian, they still have to be syntactically realized. This apparently becomes the reason why both numerals and classifiers have to be realized as distinct category in their syntax. This paper presents the syntactic analysis of the claim.

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