2025-26 LING1000 by Elise Yixin Gu https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi Make group discussion! en-us 2025-09-18 06:12:01 UTC 2025-09-18 09:42:36 UTC hello@padlet.com W3 DISCUSSION QUESTION Part1 yixingu53 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591410000 [Q1] How does your language/dialect present numbers?

[Q2] Is there any pattern in expressing number or quantifications?


Try to find two partners! Describe how these numbers and quantifications are pronounced in your native language / dialect or other languages you know. 3-5 minutes

  7   222   1015  ¼(quarter)   ½(half)

]]> 2025-09-18 06:12:23 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591410000 W3 DISCUSSION QUESTION Part2 yixingu53 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591455748 [Q3] Can you guess the result?

[Q4] Does this result support strong version or weak version of Sapir-Whorf hypothesis?


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[Q6] Do you think what’s the function of language in this case?

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7 七

222 二百二十二

1015 一千零十五

1/4 四分之一

1/2 二分之一

Q2

Regular

]]> 2025-09-18 08:51:47 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591671443 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591671903 Q1 Cantonese: 七、二百二十二、一千零一十五、四分之一/四分一、二分之一/二分一


Korean: 칠/일곱, 이백 이십 이 (two hundred two ten two), 전 십오 (thousand ten five)


Q2: decimal-based

]]> 2025-09-18 08:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591671903 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591672465 222 is 二百二十二，只加個位數

]]> 2025-09-18 08:52:42 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591672465 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591672495 Japanese also same as Chinese representing numbers in a direct and transparent way. They also share similar pattern counting beyond 10.

]]> 2025-09-18 08:52:43 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591672495 Part 1 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591673300 2025-09-18 08:53:25 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591673300 Zhang Zhihan/Yu Junyan https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591673825 2025-09-18 08:53:50 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591673825 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591676422 7 七

222 二百二十二

1015 一千零一十五

1/4 四分一

1/2 二分一


Regular pattern. In cantonese, these numbers will be pronounced from the largest unit first, from left and right.

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7 Chat / Chill

222 yi bat yi sap yi / yi back yi sip yi

1015 yat chin yat sap ng/ chun sip oh

1/4 sei fan yat/ sa bun ui il

1/2 yi fan yat/ yi bun ui il

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Q4: strong, they cannot conceptualize discrete numbers.

]]> 2025-09-18 09:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591702339 Yes ，strong version yuwailam55436131 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591704217 2025-09-18 09:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591704217 Group 1 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591707140 Chan Ho Chung (1155259874)

King Cheuk Hei (1155260146)

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]]> 2025-09-18 09:21:40 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591712641 I think the situation is the same as the round number in English Mandarin. Those numbers sometimes approximately but not exact numbers. yuwailam55436131 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591712728 2025-09-18 09:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591712728 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591713107 Q5: Not the same. In English, a handful is more straightforward (you can hold the amount of items in one hand). But in Ancient Chinese, 三 isn't a large quantity but it symbolizes "many"

Q6: turn abstract ideas into concepts able to be expressed and communicated.

]]> 2025-09-18 09:22:01 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591713107 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591713490 1. Yes.

  1. They is a symbol to present some abstract concept.

]]> 2025-09-18 09:22:18 UTC https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591713490 https://padlet.com/yixingu53/91u3m9au1t51ccwi/wish/3591716252 Q1. Yes. They are the same.

Q2. They are the symbol of numbers, like many, doesn’t really present precise number

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