Ching-Perng Chen

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Her, One-Soon, Ching-Perng Chen and Hui-Chin Tsai 2015 Justifying silent elements in syntax: The case of a silent numeral, a silent classifier, and two silent nouns in Mandarin Chinese International Journal of Chinese Linguistics 2:2, pp. 193–226 | Article
This paper demonstrates in the Mandarin construction with a numeral (Num), classifier (CL) or measure word (MW), and a noun (N), each can be a silent element (SE). A multiplicative function exists between Num and CL/MW. Num as a multiplier one is redundant and can be silent. CL, whose multiplicand… read more