Xu Zhang - English Quasi-Numeral Classifiers: A Corpus-Based Cognitive-Typological Study

About the author

Xu Zhang is currently a lecturer in the School of English Studies, Beijing Language and Culture University, China. She obtained her PhD degree in Linguistics from Lancaster University, UK, in 2009.

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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.

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Xu Zhang

English Quasi-NumeralClassifiers

A Corpus-Based
Cognitive-Typological Study

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Bern Berlin Bruxelles Frankfurt am Main New York Oxford Wien

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This book is supported by Chinese Ministry of Education Project of Humanities and Social Sciences (Project No.: 12YJCZH288) and Science Foundation of Beijing Language and Culture University (supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities)(Project No.: 12YBB15).

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