Mandarin noun-categorization system #
[Aik00] (typological schema); [LT81] §4.2.1 (Mandarin-specific empirical anchor)
Classifier-system metadata for Mandarin (ISO cmn). The lexical
classifier inventory itself lives in Fragments/Mandarin/Classifiers.lean;
this file aggregates that inventory into the typological-system summary
(System) consumed by Typology/ClassifierSystem.lean.
The per-language claims (obligatoriness with numerals + demonstratives,
default 个 gè, semantic-with-lexical-residue assignment) follow
[LT81] §4.2.1, pp. 104–112; [Aik00]
provides the typological schema (the System field
ontology). [LT81] in turn cites [chao-1968] §7.9 as
the canonical inventory source.
Mandarin numeral classifier system: obligatory CL with numerals and demonstratives ([LT81] p. 104: "must occur with a number ... and/or a demonstrative"); default 个 gè (ibid. p. 112: 个 "is gradually becoming the general classifier and replacing the more specialized ones"); preferred semantics derived from the lexical inventory.
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