One-Soon Her

List of John Benjamins publications for which One-Soon Her plays a role.

Huang, Po-Hsuan and One-Soon Her 2024 On a dichotomy of question types: The case of PaiwanConcentric 50:1, pp. 20–56 | Article
This paper reexamines the conventional classification of questions in the Formosan language Paiwan: polar, disjunctive, and wh-questions and seeks to rectify some previous observations and offer a more insightful taxonomy. Specifically, we support the position in Egli (1990) and Huang et al.… read more
Allassonnière-Tang, Marc, Zhong-Liang Gao, Shen-An Chen and One-Soon Her 2023 Phylogenetic analyses for the origin of sortal classifiers in Mongolic, Tungusic, and Turkic languagesConcentric 49:2, pp. 295–315 | Article
Numeral classifiers are one of the most common types of nominal classification systems. Their geographical distribution worldwide is concentrated in Asia, which infers a scheme of diffusion from a linguistic innovation. This study investigates the origin of classifier systems in the Mongolic,… read more
Her, One-Soon and Bing-Tsiong Li 2023 Chapter 5. A single origin of numeral classifiers in Asia and the Pacific: A hypothesisNominal Classification in Asia and Oceania: Functional and diachronic perspectives, Allassonnière-Tang, Marc and Marcin Kilarski (eds.), pp. 113–160 | Chapter
A world map of more than 700 numeral classifier languages shows a pattern of distribution due to diffusion, where the classifier feature radiates outward from a clear center of clustering in Southeast Asia and classifier languages gradually thin out and with less intensive use of classifiers… read more
Hsiao, Pei-Yi and One-Soon Her 2021 Taxonomy of questions in TaiwanSouthern MinConcentric 47:2, pp. 253–299 | Article
Contra the conventional four-way distinction of syntactically-formed questions in Taiwan Southern Min (TSM): (i) yes-no, (ii) A-not-A, (iii) disjunctive, and (iv) wh-questions (e.g., Lau 2010a), we justify a more revealing dichotomy of confirmation-seeking (CS) polar questions and… read more
Allassonnière-Tang, Marc and One-Soon Her 2020 Numeral base, numeral classifier, and noun: Word order harmonizationLanguage and Linguistics 21:4, pp. 513–558 | Article
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… read more
Chen, Meng-Ying, Miao-Ling Hsieh and One-Soon Her 2020 台灣閩南語分類詞之檢驗 [Distinguishing classifiers in Taiwanese Southern Min]Language and Linguistics 21:3, pp. 375–407 | Article
近年來台灣閩南語(以下簡稱台語)的研究逐漸受到重視,量詞相關的研究不少,然而專門針對台語分類詞的研究相對稀少,主要的原因可能在於分類詞的定義不清,導致各家看法不一,甚或略而不談,連帶影響分類詞的教學。本文以Her & Hsieh (2010)和Her (2012)對於漢語分類詞與量詞所提出語意和語法測試作為基礎,界定台語分類詞範疇,並重新檢驗歷年文獻所提出的台語分類詞或量詞語料,建立83 個分類詞清單,其中65 個為分類詞,18 個為分類詞與量詞兼具,此清單可以與台灣華語的分類詞清單做比較(如:Her & Lai (2012)),作為台語分類詞研究與教學之參考。 read more
This paper argues for the left-branching constituency of the Chinese classifier phrase and demonstrates that the right-branching approach assumed by the majority of current syntactic works is not viable. The rejection of the right-branching approach entails the rejection of the “split” approach,… read more
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… read more
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