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| Title: | On the Semantics of Modal Particle de in Mandarin Chinese |
| Author: | Zhiguo Xie |
| Email: | click here to access email |
| Institution: | Cornell University |
| Linguistic Field: | Semantics |
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Chinese, Mandarin
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| Abstract: | I argue that the Mandarin modal particle de has a temporal presupposition in its ability and epistemic semantics. Hence the two uses are incompatible with past-denoting time adverbials. Elements like the contrastive focus marker hai 'still' have a temporal shifting property and can license past-denoting adverbials in modal de-sentences. |
| Type: | Individual Paper |
| Status: | Completed |
| Venue: | Amsterdam Colloquium 2007 |
| Publication Info: | Proceedings of the 2007 Amsterdam Colloquium. |
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