This book discusses how to determine temporal relations between
sentences with aspect markers in a discourse in Mandarin Chinese.
The author examines the four aspect markers in Mandarin Chinese:
the progressive zai, the durative zhe, the perfective le and the
experiential guo. Following Segmented Discourse Representation
Theory, which proposes that temporal relations are determined by
rhetorical relations, the author argues that, based on its
aspectual semantics, an aspect marker indirectly influences
temporal relations in two ways: First, it specifies a defeasible
rhetorical relation, which in turn determines a temporal relation;
second, it sets up a temporal constraint to be obeyed by the
temporal relations specifid by the rhetorical relations which
connect the sentences together.
General
| Imprint: |
VDM Verlag
|
| Country of origin: |
Germany |
| Release date: |
November 2009 |
| First published: |
November 2009 |
| Authors: |
Jiun-Shiung Wu
|
| Dimensions: |
229 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - Trade
|
| Pages: |
496 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-3-639-20558-9 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Language & linguistics >
General
|
| LSN: |
3-639-20558-8 |
| Barcode: |
9783639205589 |
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