汉语空间义量词考察

Research on the Space Classifiers in Chinese

在考察汉语中量词的空间意义时,我们发现56%以上的量词具有空间意义。量词的这一空间特征符合人类的认知规律,人类的一切活动都是在空间中进行的,绝大多数的认知域可以用空间概念来表示。同时还讨论了空间义量词的语法、语义特征,探讨了空间义量词与名词的双向选择问题。

This paper researches on the special meaning of the Classifiers in Chinese. We find in Chinese more than 56 percent classifiers are space calassifiers. This feature accords with human cognitive laws since human activities are carried out on space. Most of the cognitive fields can be expressed by special conception. The paper discusses the grammatical and semantic features of the space classifiers as well as the mutual choice between space classifiers and nouns