英汉概数表达形式的结构类型比较

A Systematic Structural Comparison Between Chinese and English Numerals of Estimation

对汉英概数表达形式结构类型的比较能够在一定程度上反映汉英两种语言的特征及其所属文化的特征。通过系统性的比较可以发现,汉英概数表达形式之间存在四种同中有异的结构类型、三种不同结构类型。比较的结论表明,概数表达形式能够连用,但是连用的两类概数表达形式中肯定有一类用于表示推测。另外,汉语中存在逆序表达法,而英语中没有。与其他语言的比较可以得出相应类型学结论:逆序结构是概数表达形式的一种结构。

A structural comparison between Chinese and English numerals of estimation would reflect systematic features of the two languages. Related research is not rare while a systematic comparison of structures is needed and some viewpoints are debatable.The systematic comparison reveals four similar structures and three different ones between them. It also manifests that two numerals of estimation can be used together only that one of them must be an expression of guess. Furthermore,there is a reversed order of Chinese numerals of estimation while there is no such a structure in English. Further comparison between other languages brings a typological conclusion： reversed structure is a structure of numerals of estimation.