英汉“满数”和“歉数”发微

Discussion about Manshu (Full Numeral) and Qianshu (Less Numeral) of Chinese and English

"满数"和"歉数"是在数量的计数、思维、抽象、概括的基础上生产的,经历着由精数到概数,由具体到抽象,由数量的表示到心理描述的发展,是值得注意的语言现象。

Manshu (Full Numeral) and Qianshu (Less Numeral) come into being on the base of the count, thought, abstract and contraction, experimenting from the exact numberals to the probable numerals, from concreteness to abstract, from the numeral denotement to the mental description. They are worthy of our attention.