%0 Journal Article
%T On word order, binding relations, and plurality in Chinese Noun Phrases
%A Bošković, Željko
%A Hsieh, I-Ta Chris
%J Studies in Polish Linguistics
%V Volume 8 (2013)
%R 10.4467/23005920SPL.13.009.1690
%N Vol. 8, Issue 4
%P 173-204
%K adjectives, classifiers, demonstratives, possessors, relatives
%@ 1732-8160
%D 2014
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/studies-in-polish-linguistics/article/on-word-order-binding-relations-and-plurality-in-chinese-noun-phrases
%X We provide a semantic account of the free ordering of NP-internal elements in Chinese and argue that this provides evidence for the lack of DP in Chinese. We also extend this account to the Mandarin plural marker -men, tying the defi niteness of -men phrases and its number/definiteness interaction to the classifier status of -men and the lack of DP in Chinese. We show that the binding properties of Chinese possessors also provide evidence for the no-DP analysis of Chinese. Finally, we propose a semantic account of certain differences in the order of NP-internal elements between Chinese and Serbo-Croatian, another language that lacks DP.