TY  - BOOK
AU  - Xu Zhang
PY  - 2017
CY  - Lausanne, Switzerland
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 1424-8689
SN  - 9783034328159
TI  - English Quasi-Numeral Classifiers
T2  - A Corpus-Based Cognitive-Typological Study
DO  - 10.3726/b10934
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1055330
N2  - 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.
KW  - corpus-based, categorisation, English-Chinese comparison, cognitive, English binominal quantitative construction, functional typology, Numeral Classifiers
LA  - English
ER  -