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Article Open Access http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2025.03.027

A Review of Research on Chinese Children’s Acquisition of Classifiers

Jinjin Xu

School of Foreign Studies, Chizhou University, Chizhou 247000, Anhui, China.

*Corresponding author: Jinjin Xu

Published: April 11,2025

Abstract

Chinese, as a classifier language, has a grammar that requires the usage of special morphemes in certain syntactic contexts, which constructs a delicate grammatical framework for Chinese speakers. People have to follow this grammar and choose a classifier to put into the position between the quantifier and the noun when describing the number of objects. The Chinese language is profuse in the use of classifiers. As units of measurement, classifiers are usually used to describe people, things, or actions. As an important indicator of Chinese language learners’ grammatical capacity, the classifier system is of great significance. Due to the large number of classifiers and complex and variable grammatical rules, Chinese children face certain difficulties in learning classifiers. Chinese children’s acquisition of classifiers has received extensive attention from scholars, who have conducted various related studies. Sorting through existing research is an effective way to promote further development of research on children’s acquisition of classifiers.

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How to cite this paper

A Review of Research on Chinese Children's Acquisition of Classifiers

How to cite this paper: Jinjin Xu. (2025) A Review of Research on Chinese Children's Acquisition of Classifiers. Journal of Humanities, Arts and Social Science9(3), 587-591.

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.26855/jhass.2025.03.027