Showing posts with label Chinese morphology 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese morphology 3. Show all posts

Saturday, November 5, 2016

Chinese morphology (3)

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。