A Study On The Quantifiers In "Ernv Yingxiong Zhuan"

"Ernv Yingxiong Zhuan", originally called "Zhengfayancang 53 participants" is a long novel written in mid-19th century by a person called Wenkang of Manchu race, it is basically written by using Beijing dialect of that time. The language characteristics of this book is more consistent with the characteristics of modern Chinese language, which is also an important representative stage in development of Chinese language history, showing a number of features in this the transition period contemporary Chinese; modern Chinese. But the academic study of the Language of this book is not very comprehensive; there is no specialized study of it from the Quantifiers perspective. In this paper, the object of the research is the Quantifiers mainly by using a statistical method, comparative, inductive and other research methods from the perspectives of syntax, semantics and function respectively; at the same time I also compare it with the characteristics of Quantifiers in Modern Chinese while analyzing in order to achieve the aim of summarizing the syntactical features of Quantifiers in certain historical period, the functions of Quantifiers embodied in the specific context and regularity of the collocations of nouns and quantifiers and so on.Full-text is divided into eight parts:Foreword introduced the current situation and research value of the "Ernv Yingxiong Zhuan" in Chinese history, illustrating and writing methods and its based versions. The second chapter gives overall introduction of the development of Quantifiers, rectification and classification of names;â…¢chapter,â…£Chapter,â…¤Chapter,â…¥and Chapterâ…¦of "Ernv Yingxiong Zhuan" analyzes the Quantifiers classification, grammatical features, meaning, effect and the "a" respectively,. Conclusion part is the general introduction of the full text. It points out that the historical period which "Ernv Yingxiong Zhuan", was produced is the transitional period of the development of Chinese Quantifiers, compared with the development of the Quantifiers in other stages of Chinese, the Quantifiers in this book possess the following characteristics:Quantifiers in this book possess the following characteristics:First, there is uneven development of Quantifiers. Second, there exist a number of quantifiers which don't occur in modern Chinese. Third, the usage of numerals depend on the choice or selection of the individual classifier such as quantifier "la", "pai" and "qiang" and so on. Fourth, the wording of individual Quantifiers is still not standardized. Fifth, several Quantifiers are used together in "Ernv Yingxiong Zhuan"; such as uantifiers "xie ge" and "xie zuo", and so on. Sixth, some of the Quantifiers in this book demonstrate distinctive contemporary and regional characteristics, such as Quantifiers "ren", "ba ng", "fang", "pin", "luo" and so on. Seventh, the collocation, scope of application and applied meaning of some Quantifiers are also inconsistent with the modern Chinese. Eighth, some Quantifiers show distinct color colloquialism.In short, based on Quantifiers analysis of the "Ernv Yingxiong Zhuan" we can easily find modern Chinese Quantifiers system has been basically formed at this modern time. "Ernv Yingxiong Zhuan" in the Quantifiers. Quantifiers have inherited the ancient Chinese, but they developed. Some of the Quantifiers in this work are demonstrating very distinctive characteristics of certain age and geography, but also presents the characteristics of some of the language of the transition period. The study of the Quantifiers in this work can help us understand, study and use modern Chinese better.