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Aspect in Mandarin Chinese : a corpus-based study /

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 a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Xiao, Richard
Otros Autores: McEnery, Tony, 1964-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins Pub., ©2004.
Colección:Studies in language companion series ; v. 73.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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.