Previous studies interpreting the meanings of the sentence-final particle“LE”displayed two trends:either excessively complicated or excessively general.Since some scholars established a theoretical foundation of pro...Previous studies interpreting the meanings of the sentence-final particle“LE”displayed two trends:either excessively complicated or excessively general.Since some scholars established a theoretical foundation of propositional domain,epistemic domain and dialogic domain for the sentence-final particle“LE”,the nature or orientation of its semantic property has become more clear.However,there are also defects in the current“Three Domains”research model.In the first place,this model defines the meanings of the sentence-final particle“LE”as“emergence of new propositional content”,“emergence of new epistemic content”,and“emergence of new dialogic content”.But,the definition is excessively abstract and extensive.As many sentences not concluded with the particle“LE”can also express the three mentioned meanings,it fails to explain the difference between sentences ended with particle“LE”and ones without it.Secondly,the model fails to explore and discuss the nature or generation mechanism of relevant meanings of the particle“LE”.This study attempts to find a practical solution to those defects.展开更多
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 discussi...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”.展开更多
文摘Previous studies interpreting the meanings of the sentence-final particle“LE”displayed two trends:either excessively complicated or excessively general.Since some scholars established a theoretical foundation of propositional domain,epistemic domain and dialogic domain for the sentence-final particle“LE”,the nature or orientation of its semantic property has become more clear.However,there are also defects in the current“Three Domains”research model.In the first place,this model defines the meanings of the sentence-final particle“LE”as“emergence of new propositional content”,“emergence of new epistemic content”,and“emergence of new dialogic content”.But,the definition is excessively abstract and extensive.As many sentences not concluded with the particle“LE”can also express the three mentioned meanings,it fails to explain the difference between sentences ended with particle“LE”and ones without it.Secondly,the model fails to explore and discuss the nature or generation mechanism of relevant meanings of the particle“LE”.This study attempts to find a practical solution to those defects.
文摘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”.
