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English Quasi-Numeral Classifiers: A Corpus-Based Cognitive-Typological Study

By Xu Zhang

Book information

Publisher
Peter Lang AG
Year
2017
ISBN
3034328184, 9783034328180
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
45 MB (47486395 bytes)
Series
Linguistic Insights
Edition
New
Pages
380\0
Time added
2017-09-10 00:11:03
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Description

This book is an interdisciplinary study of English binominal quantitative constructions based on English-Chinese comparison. Taking three perspectives, i.e. a functional-typological perspective, a cognitive approach, and a corpus-based method, it aims to unveil the hidden categorisation process behind the usage of English binominal quantitative constructions and to reveal the language universal in cognising the concepts of ‘Quantity’ and ‘Quality’. It argues against treating Chinese and English as members of two opposing typological camps concerning quantification modes (‘classifier languages’ versus ‘non-classifier languages’) and advocates to view the two languages as lying within a more extended and inclusive system, viz. a system of quantification and categorisation modes, or a Quantity-Quality continuum.

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