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Article: Comparing classifier use in 1995 and 2010 early child Cantonese to explore social change in Hong Kong
Title | Comparing classifier use in 1995 and 2010 early child Cantonese to explore social change in Hong Kong |
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Keywords | Cantonese Classifier use Young children |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Co. The Journal's web site is located at http://benjamins.com/catalog/cld |
Citation | Chinese Language and Discourse, 2014, v. 5 n. 1, p. 79-97 How to Cite? |
Abstract | This study compared and analysed the classifier usage in two cohorts: the 492 Cantonese-speaking young children tested in 1995 (Tse & Li, 2011), and the 143 children tested in 2010 (Li & Tse, 2011). The results indicated that: (1) the 1995 and 2010 cohorts shared the same 8 most commonly used classifiers, go3, zek3, gaa3, bui1, baa2, gau6, zoeng1, gaan1; (2) Two top 10 classifiers were found in the 2010 cohort: zi1, and bou6; (3) both cohorts overused the general classifier go3; and (4) both cohorts overused zek3 and gau6 to replace sortal classifiers and even to replace the general classifier go3. The pragmatic features and the associated social changes were discussed to understand the minor changes in classifier use between 1995 and 2010 cohorts. © John Benjamins Publishing Company. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/211461 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 0.3 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.201 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Li, H | - |
dc.contributor.author | Wong, ECM | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-14T07:39:38Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-14T07:39:38Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Chinese Language and Discourse, 2014, v. 5 n. 1, p. 79-97 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 1877-8798 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/211461 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study compared and analysed the classifier usage in two cohorts: the 492 Cantonese-speaking young children tested in 1995 (Tse & Li, 2011), and the 143 children tested in 2010 (Li & Tse, 2011). The results indicated that: (1) the 1995 and 2010 cohorts shared the same 8 most commonly used classifiers, go3, zek3, gaa3, bui1, baa2, gau6, zoeng1, gaan1; (2) Two top 10 classifiers were found in the 2010 cohort: zi1, and bou6; (3) both cohorts overused the general classifier go3; and (4) both cohorts overused zek3 and gau6 to replace sortal classifiers and even to replace the general classifier go3. The pragmatic features and the associated social changes were discussed to understand the minor changes in classifier use between 1995 and 2010 cohorts. © John Benjamins Publishing Company. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Co. The Journal's web site is located at http://benjamins.com/catalog/cld | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Chinese Language and Discourse | - |
dc.rights | Chinese Language and Discourse. Copyright © John Benjamins Publishing Co. | - |
dc.rights | Readers of post-print must contact John Benjamins Publishing for further reprinting or re-use | - |
dc.subject | Cantonese | - |
dc.subject | Classifier use | - |
dc.subject | Young children | - |
dc.title | Comparing classifier use in 1995 and 2010 early child Cantonese to explore social change in Hong Kong | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.identifier.email | Li, H: huili@hkucc.hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Li, H=rp00926 | - |
dc.description.nature | postprint | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1075/cld.5.1.04li | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-84929158025 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 244492 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 5 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 79 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 97 | - |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000214143200005 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Netherlands | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1877-7031 | - |