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A new approach to -zhe in Mandarin Chinese
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Djamouri, Redouane Paul, Waltraud |
| Copyright Year | 2018 |
| Abstract | Among the aspectual suffixes in Mandarin Chinese, the so-called durative/progressive aspect -zhe has proven especially elusive, notwithstanding the large amount of literature devoted to it. The present article adopts a new approach and claims that -zhe is not on a par with the aspect markers zai, -le and -guo. Unlike the latter, which realize a “high” aspect pertaining to the entire event, -zhe is shown to instantiate a “low” aspect (aktionsart) (cf. Travis 2010 for the dichotomy high vs low aspect). Importantly, -zhe also signals the dependent status of the verbal projection concerned. As a consequence, in contrast to the aspect suffixes zai, -le and -guo, for which we observe constraints when in non-matrix contexts, the opposite holds for -zhe: it is severely constrained in matrix contexts, but rather freely occurs in non-matrix contexts |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1163/9789004351134_012 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://crlao.ehess.fr/docannexe/file/1980/djamouri_paul_public.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004351134_012 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
