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3.3 Pragmatic functions of aspectual representation |
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31 | (2) |
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4 Tense and aspect in Chinese |
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4.1 Morphological distinctions in the verb in Chinese |
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33 | (6) |
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39 | (2) |
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41 | (13) |
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41 | (1) |
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4.3.1.1 Perfective and perfect |
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42 | (5) |
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4.3.1.2 The progressive or durative aspect |
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47 | (4) |
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4.3.1.3 The experiential aspect |
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51 | (3) |
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4.4 The Lexical aspect or situation type (Aktionsart) in Chinese |
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54 | (17) |
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57 | (5) |
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62 | (2) |
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64 | (7) |
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4.5 Aspect, temporal relations and adverbs in Chinese |
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71 | (5) |
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5 The syntactic and semantic analysis of temporal adverbials and duration phrases |
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76 | (197) |
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5.1 The analysis of temporal adverbials (TA) in the Shiji |
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82 | (140) |
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5.1.1 The semantic analysis of temporal adverbials indicating a point of time |
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83 | (5) |
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5.1.2 Proper adverbs indicating a point of time |
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88 | (2) |
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5.1.2.1 Examples for proper adverbs in sentence-initial position |
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90 | (21) |
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5.1.2.2 Examples for proper adverbs in preverbal position |
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111 | (10) |
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5.1.3 Noun phrases indicating a point of time |
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121 | (1) |
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5.1.3.1 Calendar temporal adverbials in sentence-initial position |
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122 | (13) |
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5.1.3.2 Dependent / anaphoric temporal adverbials in sentence-initial position |
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135 | (4) |
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5.1.3.3 Dependent temporal adverbials with hou in sentence-initial position |
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139 | (18) |
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5.1.3.4 Calendar adverbials in preverbal position |
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157 | (1) |
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5.1.3.5 Dependent temporal adverbials in preverbal position |
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158 | (4) |
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5.1.4 Prepositional phrases indicating a point of time |
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162 | (1) |
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5.1.4.1 Adverbial prepositional phrases referring to a closed domain |
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163 | (20) |
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5.1.4.2 Adverbial prepositional phrases referring to an open domain |
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183 | (28) |
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5.1.5 Concluding remarks on point of time adverbials |
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211 | (1) |
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5.1.5.1 Concluding remarks on proper adverbs indicating a point of time |
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212 | (3) |
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5.1.5.2 Concluding remarks on noun phrase point of time adverbials |
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215 | (2) |
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5.1.5.3 Concluding remarks on prepositional phrases referring to a point of time |
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217 | (1) |
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5.1.5.3.1 Prepositional and related phrases referring to a closed domain |
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217 | (2) |
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5.1.5.3.2 Prepositional phrases referring to an open domain |
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219 | (3) |
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5.2 The syntactic and the semantic constraints of duration phrases |
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222 | (51) |
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5.2.1 The syntax of duration phrases |
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225 | (4) |
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5.2.2 The semantics of duration phrases |
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229 | (3) |
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5.2.3 Examples for duration phrases in the Shiji |
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232 | (1) |
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5.2.3.1 Preverbal duration phrases expressing situational duration |
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232 | (13) |
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5.2.3.2 Postverbal duration phrases included in the VP [ vp DPsubj [ v' Vi [ vp DPobj] [ v' ti DPdur]]] |
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245 | (13) |
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5.2.3.3 Postverbal duration phrases as predicates of the sentence [ vp [ dp [ vp DP VP] [ vp DPdur]]] |
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258 | (7) |
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5.2.3.4 Duration phrases in temporal clauses in topic position |
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265 | (5) |
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5.2.4 Concluding remarks on duration phrases |
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270 | (3) |
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6 The syntactic and semantic constraints of aspecto-temporal adverbs in the Shiji |
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273 | (223) |
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6.1 The inchoative and the inceptive aspect: The adverbs chu and shi as aspecto-temporal adverbs |
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280 | (17) |
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6.1.1 The aspecto-temporal adverb chu |
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282 | (6) |
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6.1.2 The aspecto-temporal adverb shi |
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288 | (6) |
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6.1.3 Concluding remarks on the aspecto-temporal adverbs chu and shi |
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294 | (3) |
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6.2 Simultaneity and the Continuous: The adverb fang |
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297 | (26) |
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6.2.1 The syntactic and semantic constraints of the adverb fang |
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299 | (1) |
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6.2.2 Examples of fang in combination with the different situation types of the verb |
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300 | (23) |
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6.2.3 Concluding remarks on fang |
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6.3 Past tense and Habituality: the adverbs chang, ceng, su, ya, and chang |
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323 | (41) |
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324 | (10) |
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334 | (3) |
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337 | (10) |
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347 | (3) |
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350 | (10) |
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6.3.6 Concluding remarks on adverbs marking past tense and habituality |
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360 | (4) |
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6.4 Future tense and Modality: the adverbs jiang and qie |
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364 | (30) |
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6.4.1 The aspecto-temporal adverb jiang |
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367 | (14) |
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6.4.2 The aspecto-temporal adverb qie |
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381 | (10) |
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6.4.3 Concluding remarks on the aspecto-temporal adverbs jiang and qie |
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391 | (3) |
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6.5 Completion and Non-completion: the adverbs ji and yi and the negative marker wei |
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394 | (90) |
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6.5.1 The aspecto-temporal adverb ji |
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405 | (15) |
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6.5.2 The aspecto-temporal adverb yi |
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420 | (13) |
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6.5.2.1 The aspecto-temporal adverb yi in combination with other adverbs |
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433 | (3) |
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6.5.3 The negative marker wei |
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436 | (23) |
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6.5.4 The negative marker wei in combination with the aspecto-temporal adverb chang |
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459 | (11) |
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6.5.5 Concluding remarks on the concepts of Completion and Non-completion: the adverbs ji and yi and the negative marker wei |
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470 | (14) |
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6.6 Concluding remarks on aspecto-temporal adverbs in the Shiji |
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484 | (12) |
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496 | (6) |
Bibliography |
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Index |
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