Contrastive study of English and Chinese Measure words.ppt

Contrastive study of English and Chinese Measure words Chiu Man Hin Kwan Yin Lai, Sherleen Leung Chau Pui, Allison What is “measure words”? “A measure is a bound morpheme which forms a D-M compound with one of the determinatives” (Y.R. Chao). There is no such part of speech as “measure words” in English. Similar to quantifying / measuring nouns Interview with Mr. J. Guest His observations on “measure words”: Easiest: Extensive use of “個” (ge) Measures involving containers or standard measurement Peculiar: “隻” (zhi) Usually for animals, but “一隻錶”, “一隻窗” The interview (cont’d) Confusing: 這塊給你。