Aspect and assertion in Mandarin Chinese

Chinese has a number of particles such as le, guo, zai and zhe that add a particular aspectual value to the verb to which they are attached. There have been many characterisations of this value in the literature. In this paper, we review several existing influential accounts of these particles, incl...

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Main Authors: Klein, Wolfgang (Author) , Li, Ping (Author) , Hendriks, Henriëtte (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: [2000]
In: Natural language & linguistic theory
Year: 2000, Volume: 18, Issue: 4, Pages: 723-770
ISSN:1573-0859
DOI:10.1023/A:1006411825993
Online Access:Verlag, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006411825993
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Author Notes:Wolfgang Klein, Ping Li and Henriette Hendriks

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