Tense and aspect in Han period Chinese : a linguistic analysis of the 'Shijì' / edited by Barbara Meisterernst.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Meisterernst, Barbara, Author.

Contributor:

Meisterernst, Barbara, editor.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 274.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 274

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese language--History--Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.

Chinese language.

Chinese language--To 600.

Chinese language--Tense.

Chinese language--Aspect.

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics)--History.

Linguistic analysis (Linguistics).

Historical linguistics--China.

Historical linguistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (538 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Many grammatical issues of Archaic and Medieval Chinese still lack a comprehensive analysis. The book provides the first thorough investigation of the syntactic and semantic constraints of the linguistic categories tense and aspect and their relation with the lexical aspect of the verb in Han period Chinese. The author uncovers fascinating details of a language with a highly restricted verbal morphology.

Contents:

Front matter

Acknowledgments

Contents

List of abbreviations

1 General introduction

2 The category tense

3 The category aspect

4 Tense and aspect in Chinese

5 The syntactic and semantic analysis of temporal adverbials and duration phrases

6 The syntactic and semantic constraints of aspecto-temporal adverbs in the Shǐjì

7 Conclusion

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

3-11-039401-4

3-11-033954-4

OCLC:

899588707