Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I: The debate on a count/mass distinction in Chinese -- Chapter 2: Defining classifiers -- Chapter 3: The count/mass distinction in Chinese revisited -- Chapter 4: Natural atomicity -- Chapter 5: Chinese bare nouns -- Part II: Functions of classifiers: counting and measuring -- Chapter 6: Counting and measure functions of classifiers -- Chapter 7: Adjectival modification in classifier phrases: pre-classifier adjectives -- Chapter 8: Modification marker de in classifier phrases -- Part III: Definiteness in classifier languages -- Chapter 9: Definite classifiers in southern Chinese languages -- Chapter 10: Definite classifiers and their modifiers -- References -- Index