Classifier production in normals and aphasics
中文量词：正常人和失语症病人的行为比较
Kathleen Ahrens 安可思

Abstract 摘要
Classifiers in Chinese pose an interesting testing ground for theories of categorization and cognition. This study takes a psycholinguistic approach to previous theoretical investigations concerning categorization of Chinese classifiers (Tai 1990a, 1990b, 1992), and expands on the neurolinguistic results discussed in Tzeng, Chen and Hung's (1991) study of classifier production in Chinese normals and aphasics. Based on three generalizations found in elicitation experiments on normals, I hypothesize that the neutral classifier is less likely to occur when the relationship between a noun and a certain classifier is unique and elaborative. In addition, I re-evaluate Tzeng et al.'s (l991) data and show that Wernicke's aphasics are not crossing semantic classes when they neutralize to the classifier zhi; instead they are practicing a form of code-switching. The results of my study demonstrate that both normal and aphasic subjects adhere to similar constraints on classifier production.

研究中文量词对了解认知能力以及范畴理论有许多帮助。这篇文章从心理语言学的角度，扩大前人对范畴理论研究（Dai 1990, 1990b, 1992）以及更深入探讨失语症病人使用量词（Tzeng 1991）的现象。根据正常人elicitation实验的三个归纳结果，我断定当量词跟名词有一种独特或 elaborative 的关系时, 那么量词的中化（neutralization）就比较不容易出现。而且我再检查Tzeng（1991）的资料证明 Wernicke 病人并没有混淆语意的类别。我的研究结果表示正常人和失语症病人的量词使用都受同样的限制。

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