The Interaction between Genericity and the Formal Performances of the Verb in Middle Construction

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10.2991/icelaic-14.2014.69How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Genericity, Tense and aspectual performance, Middle Construction, Acceptability

Abstract

There is no simple one-to-one relationship between genericity and a verb’s performance in tense and aspect. In middle constructions, the interaction between the referents of the overt clausal elements brings a complex interaction between genericity and a verb’s performance in tense and aspect. The implicit agent pose no remarkable influence on the genericity and the performance of verbs in tense and aspect. Different acceptabilities of middle constructions are created by different tenses or aspects.

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© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xiuwei Li
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BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication
PB  - Atlantis Press
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