Tense and Aspect in Han Period Chinese: A Linguistic Analysis of the 'Shijì'

Author/Contributor(s):	Meisterernst, Barbara
Publisher:	Walter de Gruyter
Date:	11/17/2014
Binding:	Hardcover
Condition:	NEW

Many grammatical issues of Archaic and Medieval Chinese still lack a comprehensive analysis. The book provides the first thorough investigation of the syntactic and semantic constraints of the linguistic categories tense and aspect and their relation with the lexical aspect of the verb in Han period Chinese. The author uncovers fascinating details of a language with a highly restricted verbal morphology.