A Study On The Characteristics Of Chinese Partitives In European Sinology In17—19Century

It is pointed out that before Ma’s Grammar was published, many works about the research of Chinese in European in17-19Century showed up. At the present, with the implementation of the strategy of international promotion of the Chinese, the research on Western Sinology has increasingly become the focus of attention. However, research on Chinese word class in Western Sinology is still inadequate. So, this paper selects nine books which have a special significance in European Sinology as the main reference. And we focus on the research of the Chinese Partitives, which is aiming to find out the development context of the research of the Chinese Partitives in European Sinology, and to seek out its significance in the history of the Chinese Partitives’word class, and to explore the implications for the Chinese Partitives’ teaching in teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages. The following conclusions are acquired through various exploratory researches:1. The definition, nature and functions of the Chinese Partitives and the problems of the location of Partitives when Nouns and Partitives were arranged in pairs in European Sinology in17-19Century experienced full development, which is two centuries or so earlier than the study of the Chinese Partitives’word class in the history of Chinese grammar.2. The adscription of Chinese Partitives ranges from numerals, function words to nouns, which is referential for the study of Chinese Partitives.3. A prominent feature that Chinese is different from the Indo-European is the Classified Partitives, which also attracts the attention of many European sinologists, and is rendered an important aspect of the study of the language typology.4. The teaching methods of Chinese Partitives in the European Sinology is worthy of reference. It is worthy of great concern on the Classified Partitives and momentum word in teaching Chinese to speakers of other languages.