This paper describes the grammaticalization of Chinese classifiers and Englishunit nouns to prove that metaphors in general sense are the main cause of grammaticalization.
文章通过对汉语量词和英语单位名词的语法化现象的描述，证实了广义隐喻是语法化的驱使力量。
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Collects a great number of Englishunit nouns and classifies them, by their characteristics, into three groups, namely, individual unit nouns, group unit nouns and unit nouns with extended meanings.
收集了大量的英语量名词，并按其特征划分为个体性量名词、群体性量名词和具有引伸含义的量名词三大类。
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Each unit is constructed from a ribbed timber frame set upon Douglas fir stilts and then clad in English chestnut shingles.