もののカテゴリー化に関する比較文化的研究(その3) : 助数詞がきめるもののカテゴリー化に関する研究 : 日本語, 中国語, 韓国語を中心に

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This study consisted of how categorizatition of objects through the use of numerical classifiers differed depending upon shapes that were varied in certain dimensions. The stimulus figures chosen were thirteen different geometrical drawings in which each drawing, (i.e., clothes) had six variations. The study was conducted in three areas, i.e., a suburbian area of Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul. The subjects ranging from 21-25 in number, various occupations, age ranges from 20s and 30s were cooperated. They were instructed to count each drawing in their own native languages, i.e., in Japanese, in Chinese and in Korean. The result showed that object categorizations through the use of numerical classifers were found different in the above three languages. This finding seems to suggest a new approach to prove a long debated "Sapir-Whorf hypothesis" of a weaker form, namely the lexical semantic effect upon perception of objects.
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