Yu Li
List of John Benjamins publications in which Yu Li is involved.
2025 The definiteness marking on proper names in Zauzou Proper Names, Pan, Chia-Jung and Yang Huang (eds.), pp. 98–139 | Article
Proper names (PNs) belong to the category of “absolutely unique definite”. Languages vary significantly in the distribution of definite articles with proper names. Sortal classifiers mark definiteness in many numeral classifier languages, while the ability of sortal classifier to mark… read more
2024 Sortal classifiers and noun categorization in Zauzou Language and Linguistics 25:2, pp. 270–317 | Article
This paper investigates the sortal classifier system in Zauzou, a Tibeto-Burman language spoken in Southwest China. Three etymological subclasses – repeater, non-repeater, and quasi-repeaters – are identified in two morphosyntactic contexts: the bare classifier phrase [n+clf] and the full noun… read more
2023 The versatile classifier və¹³ in Zauzou: A Ngwi language of China Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area 46:1, pp. 95–137 | Article
This article presents a frequently used versatile classifier və¹³ in the endangered Ngwi language Zauzou. After investigating seven morphosyntactic contexts in which və¹³ may occur, this classifier exhibits considerable syntactic and semantic overlaps with ordinary classifiers and the inanimate… read more
