Commonalities and Differences Between the Chinese Quantifier “Zhang” and the Japanese Quantifier “Mei” in Cognitive Category

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10.2991/assehr.k.210728.021How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Quantifier, Prototype members, Categorization, Motivation

Abstract

In Chinese, “Zhang”(张) is used as a quantifier to describe flat objects, which is similar to the quantifier “Mei”(枚). Besides, they have many other different usages. Summarizing the commonalities and differences from the modified objects, it is found that they have similar categorization principles, and their prototype members have different extent expansion under the driving factors. The similarity of principles reflects the commonality of human cognition of language, while the specific differences reflect the diversity of human civilization.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Menghan Tian
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/07/29
TI  - Commonalities and Differences Between the Chinese Quantifier “Zhang” and the Japanese Quantifier “Mei” in Cognitive Category
BT  - Proceedings of the 2021 2nd International Conference on Modern Education Management, Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Social Science (MEMIESS 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 106
EP  - 109
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210728.021
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210728.021
ID  - Tian2021
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