Perfective aspect and accomplishment situations in Mandarin Chinese

Hooi Ling Soh; Jenny Yi Chun Kuo

doi:10.1007/1-4020-3232-3_11

Perfective aspect and accomplishment situations in Mandarin Chinese

Hooi Ling Soh, Jenny Yi Chun Kuo

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Abstract

This paper addresses a difference between English and Mandarin Chinese in how the perfective aspect interacts with accomplishment situations. We propose that the source of the difference lies in the different nominal systems in English and Mandarin. Specifically, while English nominal heads distinguish count nouns from mass nouns, Mandarin nominal heads do not (Chierchia 1998).

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Perspectives on Aspect
Editors	Angeliek van Hout, Henriette de Swart, Henk Verkuyl
Place of Publication	Dordrecht
Publisher	Springer
Pages	199-216
Number of pages	18
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3232-3_11
State	Published - 2005

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Name	Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics
Volume	32
ISSN (Print)	1873-0043
ISSN (Electronic)	2215-1788

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Keywords

-le
accomplishment
Aspect
Mandarin Chinese
mass and count nouns

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