量词“位”及相关问题研究

Research of the Measure Word "Wei" and Related Issues

从认知和文化角度进行分析,结果表明量词"位"的使用是一种礼貌的言语行为,与人们给对方"提供位子"这一行为方式密切相关。"您几位?"中的"位"不是量词,而是名词。该句省略了量词"个",并且通过转喻,以"位"指人。

The paper, analyzing from cognitive and cultural perspectives, suggests that the measure word ＂wei＂ is used as a polite speech behaviour and it has close relationship to the fact of ＂providing seats＂ to the hearer. But in the sentence ＂nin ji wei？＂, ＂wei＂ is a noun rather than a measure word, while the measure word ＂ge＂ is omitted and ＂wei＂ is used to imply person with its metonymic sense.