Revisiting the Modal Verb <i>huì</i> with an Interactional Linguistic Approach
This study takes an interactional linguistics and conversation analysis-based approach to analyze the modal verb <i>huì</i> ‘will’ in the recurrent formular of commissive actions, [<i>wǒ huì</i> X (<i>de</i>)] ‘I will X.’ Data analyses show that this format has tw...
Main Author: | Yan Zhou |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2022-11-01
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Series: | Languages |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2226-471X/7/4/294 |
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