摘要
In the research on the Chinese temporal system,Chen(1988)proposed the ternary structure of Chinese temporal system.Based on the ternary structure of the Chinese temporal system,many researches have focused on discussing Chinese aspect system.Compared with the research on aspect,there are fewer studies on Chinese verbal situations,such as Ma(1981),Deng(1985),Dai(1997),etc.,which are all based on Vendler’s(1967)four categories of verbal situations.And compared with verbal situation,there are fewer studies on phase.Most researchers believe that phase and verbal situations are the same concept.However,this article believes that in the study of Chinese temporal system,we should first distinguish between phase and verbal situations,and then compare with aspect.Based on the distinction between phase and verbal situations,this article combines the situation and verbal aspect suffix“LE”,which is also an aspect marker,and tries to sum up the relationship between the situation and“LE”.
