From: Encoding motion events in Chinese and the “scalar specificity constraint”
Novel | Author | Year | Selection analyzed | Number of characters |
---|---|---|---|---|
1. 地球的紅飄帶 Diqiu de Hong Piaodai (The Earth's Red Flying Ribbon) | 魏巍 Wei Wei | 1988 | First six chapters | 34,108 |
2. 太陽照在桑干河上 Taiyang Zhao zai Sanganghe-shang (The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River) | 丁玲 Ding Ling | 1952 | First twelve chapters | 28,935 |
3. 太陽出世 Taiyang Chushi (The Sun was Born) | 池莉 Chi Li | 1992 | Entire novel | 35,433 |
4. 空中小姐 Kongzhong Xiaojie (Flight Attendant) | 王朔 Wang Shuo | 1985 | Entire novel | 29,185 |