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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452848403321

Titolo

Plurality and classifiers across languages in China [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Dan Xu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, : De Gruyter Mouton, 2012

ISBN

3-11-048534-6

3-11-029398-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Collana

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, , 1861-4302 ; ; v. 255

Altri autori (Persone)

XuDan

Disciplina

495.1/5

Soggetti

Chinese language - Quantifiers

Chinese language - Grammar

Grammar, Comparative and general - Quantifiers

Grammar, Comparative and general - Number

Sociolinguistics - China

Electronic books.

China Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction Plurality and Classifiers across languages of China / Xu, Dan -- I Correlations between different types of quantification -- 1 Numeral classifiers with plural marking. A challenge to Greenberg / Bisang, Walter -- 2 Reduplication in languages: A case study of languages of China / Xu, Dan -- II Numeral classifiers and their diachronic development -- 3 The Syntax and prosody of classifiers in Classical Chinese / Feng, Shengli -- 4 Individuating classifiers in Early Southern Min (14th-19th centuries) / Jang-Ling, Lin / Peyraube, Alain -- III The expression of plurality -- 5 Plurality and the subclassification of Nouns in Classical Chinese / Harbsmeier, Christoph -- 6 Number in Chinese: a diachronic study of zhū 諸 from Han to Wei Jin Nanbeichao Chinese / Meisterernst, Barbara -- 7 Bu-tong 'different' and nominal plurality in Mandarin Chinese / Paris, Marie-Claude -- 8 Plurality in the pronominal paradigms of Bai dialects / Fu, Jingqi -- 9 Frequentative aspect and pluractionality in Nuosu Yi / Liu, Hongyong / Gu, Yang -- 10



Quantificational structures in three-yearold Chinese-speaking children / Hun-Tak Lee, Thomas -- Author index -- Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Plural marking, numeral classifiers and reduplication constitute the main means of quantification marking in the domain of grammar. The contributions in this book focus on the typological correlation between the three different strategies for quantification, as well as on some general issues. A better understanding of the quantification strategies in the languages of China will enrich our comprehension of human language and thought. The book is expected to have an impact on the study of linguistic typology, language contact, and patterns of the evolution.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458560203321

Autore

Cherry Mark J

Titolo

Kidney for sale by owner [[electronic resource] ] : human organs, transplantation, and the market / / Mark J. Cherry

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, c2005

ISBN

1-58901-355-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (273 p.)

Disciplina

617.9/54

Soggetti

Procurement of organs, tissues, etc - Economic aspects - United States

Procurement of organs, tissues, etc - Moral and ethical aspects - United States

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Economic aspects - United States

Transplantation of organs, tissues, etc - Moral and ethical aspects - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; ONE: HUMAN ORGAN SALES AND MORAL ARGUMENTS: THE BODY FOR BENEFICENCE AND PROFIT; Introduction; Challenges for Public Health Care Policy; "Global Consensus"; Prohibition: Controversies and Criticisms; TWO:



METAPHYSICS, MORALITY, AND POLITICAL THEORY: THE PRESUPPOSITIONS OF PROSCRIPTION REEXAMINED; Introduction; Initial Considerations: Assessing Standards of Evidence and Placing the Burden of Proof; Persons and Body Parts; Owning One's Body; Repugnance: Adjudication among Moral Intuitions; Government, Health Care Policy, and Private Choices

SummaryTHREE: A MARKET IN HUMAN ORGANS: COSTS AND BENEFITS, VICES AND VIRTUES; Introduction; Health Care Costs and Benefits; Special Moral Costs and Benefits: Equality and Liberty; Exploitation: Organ Markets Verses Other Procurement and Allocation Strategies; Community, Altruism, and Free Choice; Scientific Excellence and the Marketplace; The Market and Profit: The Virtues and Vices of Free Choice; Summary; FOUR: THE BODY, ITS PARTS, AND THE MARKET: REVISIONIST INTERPRETATIONS FROM THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY; Introduction; Major Theories; Summary; FIVE: PROHIBITION: MORE HARM THAN BENEFIT?

Aspiring to an International BioethicsFalse Claims to Moral Consensus; Crafting Health Care Policy amid Moral Pluralism; Appendix: Sample of International Legislation Restricting the Sale of Human Organs for Transplantation; List of Cases; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Over the past decade in the United States, nearly 6,000 people a year have died waiting for organ transplants. In 2003 alone, only 20,000 out of the 83,000 waiting for transplants received them--in anyone's eyes, a tragedy. Many of these deaths could have been prevented, and many more lives saved, were it not for the almost universal moral hand-wringing over the concept of selling human organs. Bioethicist Mark Cherry explores the why of these well-intentioned misperceptions and legislation and boldly deconstructs the roadblocks that are standing in the way of restoring health to thousands of