Chinese morphology (3)
Question
Question 1: Is one Chinese character a word?
If your answer is yes, then, logically, two Chinese characters are two words.
If your answer is no, please answer question 2: What is a Chinese word?
If you insist that two Chinese characters is a word, then you are also saying one Chinese character is not a word. Accordingly, please answer question 3: Is the Chinese character 我 (I) in a Chinese sentence a word or not?
If you regard both one Chinese character and two Chinese characters are a word, then, unfortunately, you are not making any logical sense.
Chinese translation
问题
问题1:一个汉字是一个word吗?
如果你的答案是yes,那么两个汉字就是两个word,而不是一个word。
如果你的答案是no,那么请回答问题2:什么是一个中文word?
如果你非要认为两个汉字是一个word,言下之意就是,一个汉字就不是一个word。那么请回答问题3:中文句子里的“我”是不是一个word?
如果你认为一个汉字和两个汉字都是一个word,这显然逻辑不通,自相矛盾。
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