C 2021

The near-synonymy of classifiers and construal operation : A corpus-based study of ke and zhu in Chinese

DOSEDLOVÁ, Aneta a Wei-lun LU

Základní údaje

Originální název

The near-synonymy of classifiers and construal operation : A corpus-based study of ke and zhu in Chinese

Autoři

DOSEDLOVÁ, Aneta a Wei-lun LU

Vydání

Amsterdam, Corpus approaches to language, thought and communication, od s. 115-132, 18 s. 1, 2021

Nakladatel

John Benjamins

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Kapitola resp. kapitoly v odborné knize

Obor

60203 Linguistics

Stát vydavatele

Nizozemské království

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Forma vydání

tištěná verze "print"

Odkazy

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

ISBN

978-90-272-0983-2

Štítky

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 27. 12. 2021 12:06, doc. Wei-lun Lu, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

This paper investigates the near-synonymy of classifiers, using Chinese ke and zhu as illustration. We find that in [QUANTIFIER] – [CLASSIFIER] – [NOUN], the two classifiers have overlapping semantic prototypes due to their similar behavioral profiles. However, despite a shared functional core, the two classifiers diverge in terms of which part of PLANT to profile. In particular, zhu highlights parts of PLANT that are small and vulnerable, such as flowers and seedlings. In addition, SMALL is another important conceptual characteristic exclusively associated with zhu, which gives it a distinctive set of peripheral members to include in that particular linguistic category, including MOLD, BACTERIUM, and even BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE. Another important difference is the quantifier that precedes, where ke tends to occur with lower numbers (typically under 10), while zhu with higher numbers (typically over 1,000). Accordingly, we conclude that [QUANTIFIER] – [ZHU] – [NOUN] tends to invoke a higher-resolution construal.