The Selection of Event Nouns and Classifiers——A Case Study of "Yu" (雨)
Han Lei · Huadong Shifan Daxue xuebao. Ziran kexue ban · 2007
The factors conditioning a combination of event noun and classifier include the distance between event noun and classifier,the subcategory and the function of classifier.The research based on a large-scale corpus shows that the selection has various preferences,which depends on the semantic feature of classifier.According to [+timeliness],the action classifier and timeliness classifier can constitute a continuum of seven kinds at four levels.The nominal classifier can be divided into five kinds.To sum up,the event noun has a strong tendency of combination with the medium [+timeliness] classifier subcategory.