Revisiting Classifiers and Classifier Constructions

Some questions regarding the analysis of classifiers and classifier constructions are raised in this paper.The classifier, as a mere adjunct adjoining to the head, cannot serve as the head of the noun phrase containing it, and as a result it cannot project as ClP or nP.Under this approach, the DP analysis and classifier construction theory are further refined.The constituents which precede and follow the classifier are analyzed in terms of their syntactic function, semantic relation, linear features, thematic roles, feature assignment and syntactic representations in order to represent the classifier construction with the X-bar phrase structure theory appropriately and present a universal approach to classifier constructions in various languages.