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Download full textBackus, Robert L. – Papers in Japanese Linguistics, 1972
This paper seeks to formulate a principle that explains the working of the Japanese number system with respect to Japanese nouns and that defines the kinds of nouns and contexts that condition the forms of number expressions. It is the author's theory that in applying numbers to nouns, the Japanese make a formal distinction between things they…
Descriptors: Chinese, Criteria, Descriptive Linguistics, Diachronic Linguistics
