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Chinese Language OverviewCheltenham
Mandarin SchoolBy YingShi Helsby

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Two groups of students
Structure
Group Measure in Chinese (Chao, 1968) Det
Mg N where Mg denotes Group measure words
Group Measure phrase in English (Wang, 2001)
a / number n1 of n2where n1 has to be
countable andn2 can either be countable or
uncountable
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How to express these in English?
An army of workmen A flock of birds A galaxy of
talents A school of fish A swarm of bees A
troop of welcomers
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army flock galaxy school swarm troop
? can be applied to all animals in Chinesebut
expressed in numerous ways for English!!
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However,
glasses trousers gloves
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A pair of
Violates the specific property of English group
measure words?
English ? more imaginative for animal groups
(group property) but not for
static object, which has to be descriptive
and logical enough. (e.g. pair
purely mathematical)
Again, cultural/language convention!
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How to express these in English?
wood music prose kindness bread advice
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A piece of
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Classification

• Chinese (English)
  
• Length ? (meter)?? (inch)
• volume ? (liter)???? (cubic meter)
• Weight ?? (kilogram)?? (tonne)
• Area ??? (square meter)?
• ?? (hectare)

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Comparisonsimilarities

• 1.Structure
• ???? a liter of water
• ??? two yards of cloth
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  Eng
• structure numMmn numMmofn
• n2 neither C nor U
  usually U
• of Nil
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2.Serving as different grammatical functions

• (a) ?? five miles
• (b) ??? five miles of road
• ?? ten pounds
• (b) ??? ten pounds of meat
• (a) Functioning as a noun without a classifier
• (b) Functioning as a classifier with another noun
  

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3. Modifying adjective

• ??? three-feet long
• ??? five-meter tall
• ??? six-inch wide
• ??????(adjective)
• A three-feet long cloth. (modifier)

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Differences

• 1. Different measure scales in Chinese and
  English
• Chin. Eng.
• (1) ? 1/6 acre
• (2) ? 1/3 miles
• (3) ? 10 feet

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2. Some Chinese standard measures are
transliterated from English's

• Chin. Eng.
• (1) ? tonne
• (2) ?? gallon

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3. Some Chinese standard measures not only
functioning as precise units but also functioning
as modifiers

• ? (a standard measure of rice)
• ? (a standard measure of soybeans)
• ?????????(modifier of ??)
• English
• ? (pint)?? (peck) ? standard measure

extension of noun