第7题: [简答题]Illustrate the NUMBER issue with both English and Chinese lexical items. 参考答案:
In English，nouns exhibit two grammatically different forms，which vary together with variation between verb forms consisting of root and root plus /-s/, /-z/, and /-iz/(man eats，men eat)in the basic exocentric noun+verb sentence pattern．These two forms of nouns and the verb forms required with each are labeled singular and plural，and together form in English the category of number．In contrast, Chinese is said to have none．For example, 他在吃饭。我们在吃饭。The possible label “们” is just used in some limited groups．It can be only used with human nouns like “教师们”，“学生们”，but it cannot be used with object nouns like “杯子们(improper)”， “台灯们(improper)”，etc..Even when “们” is used with human nouns，the noun groups can not be modified by quantifiers，e.g.“五个教师们(improper)”，“一些学生们(improper)”．
答案解析:
[解析] 本题考查语法中的“数”。在英语中，可数名词或代词在与动词构成基本的离心结构时，这些名词、代词和动词有单、复数之分。但在汉语中，没有这种单复数变化。
