| English Quasi-Numeral Classifiers: A Corpus-Based Cognitive-Typological Study Contributor(s): Gotti, Maurizio (Other), Zhang, Xu (Author) |
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ISBN: 3034328184 ISBN-13: 9783034328180 Publisher: Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic P OUR PRICE: $115.19 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Linguistics - General - Foreign Language Study | German - Literary Criticism | Semiotics & Theory |
| Dewey: 420 |
| LCCN: 2017942631 |
| Series: Linguistic Insights |
| Physical Information: 0.88" H x 6" W x 9" (1.49 lbs) 380 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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. |
