Description |
1 online resource (x, 303 pages) : illustrations. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
Studies in language companion series,
0165-7763 ;
v. 73
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Studies in language companion series ; v. 73.
0165-7763
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296) and index. |
Contents |
Aspect in Mandarin Chinese; Editorial page; Title page; LCC page; Contents; Preface; Abbreviations and symbols; 1. Introduction; 2. Two-component aspect theory; 3. Situation aspect; 4. The perfective aspects in Chinese; 5. The imperfective aspects in Chinese; 6. Aspect marking in English and Chinese; 7. From the study of aspect to contrastive grammar; Bibliography; Index; The series Studies in Language Companion Series. |
Summary |
Chinese, as an aspect language, has played an important role in the development of aspect theory. This book is a systematic and structured exploration of the linguistic devices that Mandarin Chinese employs to express aspectual meanings. The work presented here is the first corpus-based account of aspect in Chinese, encompassing both situation aspect and viewpoint aspect. In using corpus data, the book seeks to achieve a marriage between theory-driven and corpus-based approaches to linguistics. The corpus-based model presented explores aspect at both the semantic and grammatical levels. At the. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Chinese language -- Aspect.
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Chinese language -- Aspect. |
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Chinese language. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Added Author |
McEnery, Tony, 1964-
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Other Form: |
Print version: Xiao, Richard. Aspect in Mandarin Chinese. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2004 (DLC) 2004057453 |
ISBN |
9789027295019 (electronic book) |
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9027295018 (electronic book) |
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9789027230836 |
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9027230838 |
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1588116018 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9027230838 (Eur.) |
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