Bidimensional expressions of fractions in Chinese

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale Pub Date : 2015-08-12 DOI:10.1163/19606028-00441p02

R'emi Anicotte

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Abstract

A generic pattern of expression for fractions accounts for numerators and denominators, thus generally producing bidimensional numerical expressions. In Qin–Han mathematical texts, fractions were constructed as predicative phrases: the monodimensional expression ‘denominator’s name + fēn’ of a unit fraction 1/n acted as subject, and the numerator’s name acted as predicate. The morpheme zhī could be used as an optional marker of this predicative relation. Later evolutions were not linear, and reveal the effects of language planning and of free linguistic invention, finally giving rise to the inseparable fraction names of Contemporary Chinese. Un schema generique pour dire les fractions rend compte des numerateurs et denominateurs produisant des expressions numeriques bidimensionnelles. Dans les textes mathematiques Qin–Han, elles etaient construites comme des enonces predicatifs ou la designation monodimensionnelle « nom du denominateur + fēn » d’une fraction unitaire 1/n servait de sujet et le numerateur de predicat. Le morpheme zhī etait utilise facultativement comme marqueur de cette relation predicative. Les evolutions de ces expressions n’ont pas ete lineaires et revelent l’action d’inventions et de normalisations linguistiques pour aboutir aux appellations insecables des fractions en chinois contemporain.

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汉语分数的二维表示

分数的一种通用的表达式模式考虑了分子和分母，因此通常产生二维数值表达式。在秦汉数学文本中，分数被构造为谓语短语:单位分数1/n的一维表达式“分母名+ fēn”作为主语，分子名作为谓语。语素“zhi”可以作为这一谓词关系的可选标记。后来的演变不是线性的，而是揭示了语言规划和自由语言发明的影响，最终产生了当代汉语不可分割的分式名称。非模式一般的数值分数和完全的数值和分母产生的表达式的数值和二维。秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉、秦汉。语素zhi / etait利用并置性、词性关系、谓语。语言的演变导致了语言表达的不确定性，而相关的“行为”和“发明”又导致了语言的不规范化。

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Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： The Cahiers is an international linguistics journal whose mission is to publish new and original research on the analysis of languages of the Asian region, be they descriptive or theoretical. This clearly reflects the broad research domain of our laboratory : the Centre for Linguistic Research on East Asian Languages (CRLAO). The journal was created in 1977 by Viviane Alleton and Alain Peyraube and has been directed by three successive teams of editors, all professors based at the CRLAO in Paris. An Editorial Board, composed of scholars from around the world, assists in the reviewing process and in a consultative role.