Comparación de la recategorización del sustantivo entre el español y el chino mandarín1

Abstract

In the framework of Relevance Theory, this paper analyzes the noun recategorization and makes a comparison between Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. Through interlinguistic comparison, it can be confirmed that although there are some differences in noun categories and new interpretations generated through recategorization mechanism, the coercion operation principles in the two languages are the same. Whether in Spanish or Chinese, when there is a conflict between conceptual coding and procedural coding in the process of noun recategorization, it is always solved by procedural coding. In addition, in both languages, the receiver’s knowledge related to nouns is very important for the construction of coercive context.

Keywords

• coercion
• conceptual coding
• procedural coding
• comparison between spanish and chinese.