2021
The near-synonymy of classifiers and construal operation : A corpus-based study of ke and zhu in Chinese
DOSEDLOVÁ, Aneta a Wei-lun LUZákladní 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.