Huang, Aijun., Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2009., Includes bibliographical references (leaves 157-166)., also in Chinese., Acknowledgement --- p.i, List of tables and figures --- p.vi, p.viii, 摘要 --- p.x, Chapter CHAPTER ONE --- Introduction --- p.1, Chapter 1.1 --- Outline of the thesis --- p.1, Chapter 1.2 --- Organization of the thesis --- p.9, Chapter CHAPTER TWO --- Count-mass distinction and acquisition issues --- p.12, Chapter 2.0 --- Introduction --- p.12, Chapter 2.1 --- "Syntactic, semantic and ontological aspects of the count-mass distinction" --- p.12, Chapter 2.2 --- Semantic account of the count-mass distinction --- p.17, Chapter 2.3 --- Syntactic account of the count-mass distinction --- p.19, Chapter 2.4 --- Acquisition of the count-mass distinction --- p.23, Chapter 2.4.1 --- Semantic account of the acquisition of the count-mass distinction --- p.23, Chapter 2.4.2 --- Syntactic account of the acquisition of the count-mass distinction --- p.26, Chapter 2.4.3 --- Excursion into the syntactic account of the acquisition of the count-mass distinction --- p.31, Chapter CHAPTER THREE --- Interpretation of bare nouns and classifiers in Chinese and review of the acquisition of Chinese classifiers --- p.39, Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.39, Chapter 3.2 --- Interpretation of bare nouns in Chinese --- p.39, Chapter 3.2.1 --- Bare nouns in Chinese are unspecified in number and individuation --- p.39, Chapter 3.2.2 --- Arguments against a lexically-based count-mass distinction in Chinese nouns --- p.43, Chapter 3.3 --- Dimensions of classifiers --- p.48, Chapter 3.3.1 --- Taxonomy of classifiers --- p.48, Chapter 3.3.2 --- Quantification function of classifiers: classifiers as units of measures --- p.52, Chapter 3.3.3 --- Individuation function of classifiers: a distinction between individuating classifiers and non-individuating classifiers --- p.54, Chapter 3.3.4 --- Classification function of classifiers --- p.58, Chapter 3.3.5 --- "Relation between the quantification, individuation and classification functions of classifiers" --- p.60, Chapter 3.4 --- Arguments against Cheng and Sybesma´ةs (1998，1999，2005) account of the count- mass distinction in Chinese --- p.62, Chapter 3.5 --- Review of the acquisition of Chinese classifiers --- p.68, Chapter 3.5.1 --- Preponderant use of the general classifier ge: early acquisition of the quantification function of classifiers --- p.69, Chapter 3.5.2 --- Delayed mastery of specific classifiers --- p.70, Chapter 3.5.3 --- Acquisition order of individual classifiers and non-individual classifiers --- p.73, Chapter 3.5.4 --- Experiments on children´ةs sensitivity to the distinction between count classifiers and mass classifiers --- p.75, Chapter CHAPTER FOUR --- Experiments on the acquisition of individual classifiers and container classifiers --- p.86, Chapter 4.0 --- Setting the stage --- p.86, Chapter 4.1 --- General introduction of research questions and experimental design --- p.88, Chapter 4.2 --- Experiment 1: Acquisition of individual classifiers and bare nouns --- p.95, Chapter 4.2.1 --- "Subjects, Material and test items" --- p.95, Chapter 4.2.2 --- Procedures --- p.101, Chapter 4.2.3 --- Findings in Experiment 1 --- p.105, Chapter 4.2.3.1 --- Interpretation of number and quantification function of classifiers in the individual classifier and the bare noun contexts --- p.105, Chapter 4.2.3.2 --- Interpretation of partial object situations in the individual classifier and the bare noun contexts --- p.109, Chapter 4.3 --- Experiment 2: Acquisition of container classifiers --- p.116, Chapter 4.3.1 --- Method --- p.117, Chapter 4.3.2 --- Findings in Experiment 2 --- p.124, Chapter 4.3.2.1 --- Interpretation of the quantification function of container classifiers --- p.124, Chapter 4.3.2.2 --- Interpretation of noun denotation in the container classifier context --- p.127, Chapter 4.4 --- Experiment 3: Acquisition the general classifier ge paired with substance situations --- p.131, Chapter 4.4.1 --- Method --- p.132, Chapter 4.4.2 --- Findings in Experiment 3 --- p.134, Chapter 4.5 --- Summary of the findings in Experiment 1，Experiment 2 and Experiment 3 --- p.139, Chapter CHAPTER FIVE --- General discussion --- p.144, Chapter 5.1 --- Count-mass distinction in Chinese revisited --- p.145, Chapter 5.2 --- Quantification and individuation in the acquisition of noun denotations --- p.150, Chapter 5.3 --- Further research --- p.155, References --- p.157, Appendix 1 List of test sentences used in Experiment 1 --- p.167, Appendix 2 List of test sentences used in Experiment 2 --- p.170, Appendix 3 List of test sentences used in Experiment 3 --- p.172, Appendix 4 Pictures of whole and partial objects paired with individual classifiers and bare nouns in Experiment 1 --- p.173, Appendix 5 Pictures of whole and partial objects and substances paired with container classifiers used in Experiment 2 --- p.174, Appendix 6 Picture of substance situations with or without a container paired with the general classifier ge in Experiment 3 --- p.175, http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5896904, Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)