Modern Chinese Quantifiers Color Meaning Study

Quantifier is a very important part of speech in modern Chinese. Some quantifiers are rich of image, stylistic and emotiona meanings, which is a major feature of Chinese Classifiers. Mr. Guo Xianzhen "Modern Chinese Measure Word Dictionary" is a collection of modern Chinese characters.Combined with previous studies, using the cognitive analysis and comparative of the linguistics common method of analysis and language cases, we comprehensive study the additional meaning of the quantifier.The development process for the definition of quantifier experience from unscientific to scientific, quantifier qualitative experience to become a independent parts of speech from a vassal of other parts of speech, the definition of the quantifier, qualitative process is long, arduous, but significant. Due to the uniqueness of the Chinese grammatical structure, the quantifier complexity of the system and the diversity of coming, the quantifier system can not be divided using the syntax or semantics of a single standard, and can not be a single level in the end, quantifier’s subclasses division shall adopt a multi-standard and multi-level classification method. With this method, the classifier system can be divided into noun quantifiers, momentum term and composite quantifier three categories, noun quantifier can be divided into individual quantifiers, a collection of quantifiers, part of the quantifier, weights and measures quantifiers, the order of quantifiers, type quantifiers, accommodated by the quantifier, temporary quantifiers eight categories, the momentum term can be divided into the word of the special momentum and momentum term borrowing, the composite quantifier quantifier combination of type, and their constituent elements are divided into the momentum term Combination of Classifiers and Measure Words combination type.The Chinese quantifiers which contain additional significance include individual quantifiers, collection quantifiers and the momentum quantifiers. The causes of the three quantifier additional meanings are not same, image additional meaning mainly is due to the borrowing mechanism, and this borrowing mechanism reflects the generalization and cognitive characteristics of the chinese people. According to the analysis of cognitive linguistics, the image of the additional of the quantifier into the appearance similar type, in part on behalf of the Overall type and movement-related type. Quantifier phrase body additional mainly due to the impact of the locale, the locale of the text, the language style play a major role in the amount of words in the body additional; quantifier the Stylistic additional can be divided into colloquialism of additional and written language body additional, the written language body additional can be divided into a political the analects body additional, additional of literary style. The quantifier emotional points cherish the love and affection, respect, praise, and to belittle the four kinds of irony and exaggeration, the classifier emotion generated by the main with the object of appraise property and borrowed words the characteristics of impact. Additional meaning of the quantifier is a very important factor for choicing the quantifier in the combination of noun and quantifier. In the linear combination of noun and quantifier, it is also a focus area by the interaction.The quantifier’s additional meaning plays a very important role in the distinction of the near Classifiers. Near Classifiers exist to improve the quantifier system, can improve the capacity of the the quantifiers table, the emotional meaning and additional stylistic are two important aspects to distinguish near Classifiers.Quantifier also has a wealth of rhetoric in modern Chinese. We found that, the quantifier rhetoric has a close relationship to the additional meaning of the quantifier. From three the quantifier additional meaning, quantifiers in the image depict things accurately, emotions and shaping personalities, prominent genre and style play an important role.