Yu Li
List of John Benjamins publications for which Yu Li plays a role.
Articles
2024 Sortal classifiers and noun categorization in Zauzou Language and Linguistics 25:2, pp. 270–317 | Article
This paper investigates the sortal classifier system in Zauzou, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Southwest China. Three etymological subclasses – repeater, non-repeater, and quasi-repeaters – are identified in two morphosyntactic contexts: the bare classifier phrase [n+clf] and the full noun… read more
2023 The versatile classifier və¹³ in Zauzou: A Ngwi language of China Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 46:1, pp. 95–137 | Article
This article presents a frequently used versatile classifier və¹³ in the endangered Ngwi language Zauzou. After investigating seven morphosyntactic contexts in which və¹³ may occur, this classifier exhibits considerable syntactic and semantic overlaps with ordinary classifiers and the inanimate… read more
