Chapter One Introduction 1.1 Issues 1.2 Research object and scope l.2.1 Liangci and classifier l.2.2 Ge and the general classifier ge 1.2.3 Ge as a quantificational marker l.2.4 Scope of our discussion 1 3 Research purpose 1 4 Research methods 1.4.1 Literature research method 1.4.2 Traditional grammar analysis method 1.4.3 Comparative research method 1.4.4 Statistical investigation method 1 5 Major viewpoints 1.6 Data sources 1.7 Organization of this book Chapter Two Literature Review 2.1 The historical development and evolution of ge 2.2 The overuse of ge 2.3 Semantic analysis of ge 2.4 The property of ge 2.4.1 Early studies 2.4.2 Recent studies 2.5 Concluding remarks Chapter Three Ge as a Quantificational Marker 3.1 Three fundamental notions, classifier, quantifier and quantificational marker 3.1.1 The notion of classifier 3.1.2 The notion of quantifier 3.1.3 The notion of quantificational marker 3.2 Theoretical background 3.2.1 Generalized quantifier theory 3.2.2 Counting and measuring theory 3.2.3 Event Semantics Theory 3.3 The generality of ge 3.3.1 Ge and other classifiers 3.3.2 Nominal and verbal quantification of C,e 3.4 A universal theory of ge as a quantificational marker Chapter Four A Corpus Study of the Developing Usage of Ge from 1957 to 2017 4.1 Introduction to corpus data 4.2 Ge in exact reading 4.2.1 Statistics of pre-ge constituents 4.2.2 Statistics of post-ge constituents 4.2.3 Summary of ge in exact reading 4.3 Go in at-least reading 4.3.1 Statistics of ' shi + (yi) + ge 4.3.2 Statistics of'you+ (yi) + ge 4.3.3 Statistics of ' stative verb + ge 4.3.4 Statistics of ' ge + liheci 4.3.5 Summary 4.4 Corpus-based conclusions