English Quasi-Numeral Classifiers di Xu Zhang edito da Lang, Peter
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English Quasi-Numeral Classifiers

A Corpus-Based Cognitive-Typological Study

Editore:

Lang, Peter

EAN:

9783034328180

ISBN:

3034328184

Pagine:
357
Formato:
Hardback
Lingua:
Tedesco
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Descrizione English Quasi-Numeral Classifiers

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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