scholarly journals Linguistic Temporality, Logical Meaning and Narrative Perspectives: Adverbs /zai/ and /you/ in Modern Standard Chinese

2011 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-38
Author(s):  
Jens KARLSSON
Keyword(s):  
Semantic Information ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Conceptual Analogy ◽  
Semantic Encoding ◽  
Standard Chinese ◽  
Decompositional Analysis ◽  
Modern Standard ◽  
Temporal Adverbs

In this paper is presented an inquiry into some aspects of the meaning and usage of two temporal adverbs zai (再) and you (又) in Modern Standard Chinese. A decompositional analysis of the semantic encoding of the adverbs is conducted, aiming to better explain their recorded differences in usage. First, a sketch of some of the fundamental features of linguistic temporality is provided in order to model the structure of temporal semantic information encoded in the adverbs. Non-temporal (logical) meaning such as assertion and inference is also shown to be an important aspect of the semantic content of the adverbs. Adverbs zai and you are shown to encode the same semantic content except for a difference in viewpoint; the first being prospective, the second retrospective. Concrete linguistic examples reflecting the intrinsic semantic encoding of the adverbs are raised and discussed. It is then argued that through combining the decompositional analysis with ideas concerning conceptual analogy, some issues raised by Lu and Ma (1999) regarding the usage of zai and you in past and future settings may be resolved.

Textual cohesion in modern standard Chinese

1989 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ellen Okurowski
Keyword(s):  
Textual Cohesion ◽  
Standard Chinese ◽  
Modern Standard

Examining the native speakers’ understanding of communicative purposes of a written genre in modern standard Chinese

1997 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhu Yunxia
Keyword(s):  
Native Speakers ◽  
Business Students ◽  
Business Writing ◽  
Standard Chinese ◽  
Writing Practice ◽  
Modern Standard

Abstract This study aims to examine the different attitudes of the native speakers in understanding a written genre of Modern Standard Chinese—sales letters. The examination mainly focuses on the use of formulaic components as they appear in real Chinese sales letters and to compare these with the prescribed advice given in textbooks. To do this, 100 business students and 100 managers were surveyed for their views on appropriate business writing. The divergence of the views of these two groups of native speakers indicates that there is a gap between business teaching and business writing practice. The managers had a good understanding of the communicative purposes of the sales letters, while the students lacked this kind of understanding, which indicates the gap between business teaching and business writing practice.

Encoding dot-like events in Modern Standard Chinese

2017 ◽  
Vol 62 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Federica Cominetti ◽  
Raffaele Simone
Keyword(s):  
Standard Chinese ◽  
Modern Standard

scholarly journals Co-Varying Collexeme Analysis of Chinese Classifiers 棵 kē and 株 zhū

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei-lun Lu ◽  
Aneta Dosedlová
Keyword(s):  
Euclidean Distance ◽  
East Asian ◽  
Grammatical Category ◽  
Standard Chinese ◽  
Numeral Classifier ◽  
Asian Languages ◽  
Modern Standard ◽  
Chinese Classifiers

The numeral classifier is a grammatical category in plenty of East Asian languages, with Modern Standard Chinese being one of the most widely reported. In Chinese, there are many classifiers that are near-synonymous, meaning that certain classifiers may be interchangeable in certain contexts. However, these classifiers are used with semantically similar nouns, and as a result, the distinction between the various usages is not always clear. In view of this issue, we propose to study near-synonymous classifiers using the co-varying collexeme method and the Euclidean distance, illustrating with 棵 kē and 株 zhū. We report results that not only partially confirm but also complement what has been found in previous raw-frequency-based research.

scholarly journals Haptic Hybrid Prototyping (HHP): An AR Application for Texture Evaluation with Semantic Content in Product Design

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (23) ◽  
pp. 5081 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel-Ángel Pardo-Vicente ◽  
Lucía Rodríguez-Parada ◽  
Pedro F. Mayuet-Ares ◽  
Francisco Aguayo-González
Keyword(s):  
Product Design ◽  
Lead Time ◽  
Semantic Information ◽  
Semantic Content ◽  
Design Teams ◽  
Economic Return ◽  
Early Stages ◽  
Future Success ◽  
The Future

The manufacture of prototypes is costly in economic and temporal terms and in order to carry this out it is necessary to accept certain deviations with respect to the final finishes. This article proposes haptic hybrid prototyping, a haptic-visual product prototyping method created to help product design teams evaluate and select semantic information conveyed between product and user through texturing and ribs of a product in early stages of conceptualization. For the evaluation of this tool, an experiment was realized in which the haptic experience was compared during the interaction with final products and through the HHP. As a result, it was observed that the answers of the interviewees coincided in both situations in 81% of the cases. It was concluded that the HHP enables us to know the semantic information transmitted through haptic-visual means between product and user as well as being able to quantify the clarity with which this information is transmitted. Therefore, this new tool makes it possible to reduce the manufacturing lead time of prototypes as well as the conceptualization phase of the product, providing information on the future success of the product in the market and its economic return.

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