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A grammar of verb-particles in Chinese
汉语动-助词语法
Shou-hsin Teng 邓守信
Abstract 摘要
The semantic properties of a set of verb-particles in Mandarin are specified in the framework of the various movements of a theme. This approach not only regularizes the seemingly diverse meanings of these particles when occurring in different syntactic environments, thereby defining their constant characteristics, but also enables us to satisfactorily relate spatial and temporal dimensions of activities, rendering it unnecessary to establish aspectual categories pertaining to some of the particles.
Journal of Chinese Linguistics volume 5 (ISSN 0091-3723)
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