Chinese Finiteness Marking by Directionals

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10.2991/assehr.k.201215.444How to use a DOI?

Keywords

finiteness, directional, syntax, Chinese

Abstract

Finiteness is generally marked by tense and agreement in languages like English, but can also be marked by directionals in Chinese. Spatial PPs can be categorized into locative PPs and directional PPs, and directional PPs can be further categorized according to their different syntactic roles. Some directional PPs, such as lái ‘come’ and qù ‘go’, can license the finiteness of the sentence. Compared with the aspect in the IP domain, the position of these directionals is relatively lower, thus they can only express finiteness of the sentence without an overt aspect marker.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xinhan Jiang
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/12/17
TI  - Chinese Finiteness Marking by Directionals
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Literature, Art and Human Development (ICLAHD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 305
EP  - 309
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201215.444
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201215.444
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