Aspect construal in Mandarin: a usage-based constructionist perspective on LE
Despite extensive research efforts to explain the Mandarin Chinese particle le, confusion persists in the absence of a unitary theory and sufficient empirical evidence. This study provides a unitary account of le by adopting a usage-based constructionist approach, one that liberates grammatical aspe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2022-03-01
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| Series: | Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0198 |