The Semantics Of Chinese Classifiers And Linguistic Relativity

Author : Song Jiang
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351967304
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Semantics of Chinese Classifiers and Linguistic Relativity written by Song Jiang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Semantics of Chinese Classifiers and Linguistic Relativity focuses on the semantic structure of Chinese classifiers under the cognitive linguistics framework, and the implications thereof on linguistic relativity and language acquisition. It examines the semantic correlation between a given classifier and its associated nouns. Nouns in Chinese, which are assigned specific classifiers according to their selected characteristics, reflect the process of human categorization. The concrete categories formed by the relationship between nouns and classifiers may serve to explain the conceptual structure of the Chinese language and certain underlying aspects of culture and human cognition. Song Jiang is Assistant Professor of Chinese for the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at university of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Author : Song Jiang (Chinese teacher)
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781138291331
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Semantics of Chinese Classifiers and Linguistic Relativity written by Song Jiang (Chinese teacher) and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Semantics of Chinese Classifiers and Linguistic Relativity focuses on the semantic structure of Chinese classifiers under the cognitive linguistics framework, and the implications thereof on linguistic relativity and language acquisition. It examines the semantic correlation between a given classifier and its associated nouns. Nouns in Chinese, which are assigned specific classifiers according to their selected characteristics, reflect the process of human categorization. The concrete categories formed by the relationship between nouns and classifiers may serve to explain the conceptual structure of the Chinese language and certain underlying aspects of culture and human cognition. Song Jiang is Assistant Professor of Chinese for the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at university of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

Author : Song Jiang
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1351967312
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Semantics of Chinese Classifiers and Linguistic Relativity written by Song Jiang and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Semantics of Chinese Classifiers and Linguistic Relativity focuses on the semantic structure of Chinese classifiers under the cognitive linguistics framework, and the implications thereof on linguistic relativity and language acquisition. It examines the semantic correlation between a given classifier and its associated nouns. Nouns in Chinese, which are assigned specific classifiers according to their selected characteristics, reflect the process of human categorization. The concrete categories formed by the relationship between nouns and classifiers may serve to explain the conceptual structure of the Chinese language and certain underlying aspects of culture and human cognition. Song Jiang is Assistant Professor of Chinese for the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at university of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Author : Song Jiang
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781109405514
Total Pages : 638 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Semantic Structure of Chinese Classifiers and Its Implications for Linguistic Relativity written by Song Jiang and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the pedagogical implications section, an argument is advanced favoring presentation of the conceptual structure of classifier categories in teaching Chinese as a second or foreign language. It is suggested that the introduction of a classifier in second language classrooms follow three steps: (a) reveal the central sense, the etymological meaning, of the classifier; (b) introduce each of the polysemic senses with a comprehensive list of nouns classified by the classifier; and (c) disclose the motivations behind the classifier category.

Author : XuPing Li
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110289334
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Numeral Classifiers in Chinese written by XuPing Li and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-08-29 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies the syntax and semantics of numeral classifiers in Mandarin and other Chinese languages. It explores how Chinese classifiers are semantically interpreted in syntactic contexts and how semantic functions of classifiers are realized at the syntactic level. The book is a contribution to formal Chinese linguistics, and to the understanding of grammatical properties of nominal phrases in Chinese and East Asian languages.

Author : Rumjahn Hoosain
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134763778
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Psycholinguistic Implications for Linguistic Relativity written by Rumjahn Hoosain and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-02-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rather than offering variations in "world view" as evidence for linguistic relativity, this book views language related differences in terms of the facility with which information is processed. Distinctive perceptual, memory, and neurolinguistic aspects of the Chinese language are discussed, as is the cognitive style of the Chinese people. Chinese orthography and other features of morphology and syntax are examined in relation to both bottom-up and top-down cognitive processes. While providing an extensive review of the experimental literature published in English on the Chinese language, this volume also offers a significant sample of the literature originally published in Chinese.

Author : Siew-Yue Killingley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cantonese Classifiers written by Siew-Yue Killingley and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wei-lun Lu
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027258872
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.78/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Corpus Approaches to Language, Thought and Communication written by Wei-lun Lu and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2021-08-16 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The studies in the present volume illustrate the current state-of-the-art in the corpus-based approach in cognitive linguistics, which seeks to motivate linguistic phenomena through the combination of quantitative and qualitative analysis. By focusing on language use in different contexts from a variety of perspectives, each of the contributions in this volume presents its own unique take on the intertwined relationship between language, thought, and communication. Thus, each article shows how a combination of quantitative and qualitative analytical techniques helps shed new light on old issues, reflecting the usage-based nature of cognitive linguistics and illustrating the explanatory adequacy of corpus-based methods. Originally published as special issue of Review of Cognitive Linguistics 17:1 (2019).

Author : Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
Publisher : Explorations in Linguistic Typ
ISBN 13 : 0198842015
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Genders and Classifiers written by Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald and published by Explorations in Linguistic Typ. This book was released on 2019-08-03 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a comprehensive account of the typology of noun classification across the world's languages. Every language has some means of categorizing objects into humans, or animates, or by their shape, form, size, and function. The most widespread are linguistic genders - grammatical classes of nouns based on core semantic properties such as sex (female and male), animacy, humanness, and also shape and size. Classifiers of several types also serve to categorize entities. Numeral classifiers occur with number words, possessive classifiers appear in the expressions of possession, and verbal classifiers are used on a verb, categorizing its argument. These varied sorts of genders and classifiers can also occur together. This volume elaborates on the expression, usage, history, and meanings of noun categorization devices, exploring their various facets across the languages of South America and Asia, which are known for the diversity of their noun categorization. The volume begins with a typological introduction that outlines the types of noun categorization devices and their expression, scope, functions, and development, as well as sociocultural aspects of their use. The following nine chapters provide in-depth studies of genders and classifiers of different types in a range of South American and Asian languages and language families, including Arawak languages, Zamucoan, Hmong, and Japanese.

Author : Dan Xu
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110293986
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Plurality and Classifiers across Languages in China written by Dan Xu and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-12-19 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plural marking, numeral classifiers and reduplication constitute the main means of quantification marking in the domain of grammar. The contributions in this book focus on the typological correlation between the three different strategies for quantification, as well as on some general issues. A better understanding of the quantification strategies in the languages of China will enrich our comprehension of human language and thought. The book is expected to have an impact on the study of linguistic typology, language contact, and patterns of the evolution.