A dictionary-based comparative study of the Chinese “个 (gè)” and the Malay “buah” numeral classifiers

A dictionary-based comparative study of the Chinese “个 (gè)” and the Malay “buah” numeral classifiers

Classifiers are used for categorising nouns according to animacy, form, shape, and size. As one of the Austronesian languages, Malay is said to have an extensive numeral classifier system. Past studies have classified these two classifiers as general classifiers; however, an extensive study comparin...

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Main Authors: Ng, Chwee Fang, Awang, Sariyan, Yap, Ngee Thai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2024
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/113518/
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/113518/1/113518.pdf

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