《态之探究 就一般性及汉语中四个助词之讨论》

1．Introduction1

1.1 Recent studies on ASPECT2

1.2 Problems with the previous conceptions6

2．Nature of ASPECT30

2.1 Chamorro--a case of INTERRUPTION30

2.2 Mokilese--a case of REALIZATION46

2.3 Alabama, Fore,Ute and Amharic--cases of INTENSITY63

2.4 Mandarin Chinese,Songhai,Tongan and Yukaghir--cases of DIMINUTION79

2.5 English and Spanish--cases of ESSENCE--ACCIDENCE83

2.6 Alabama--a case of REMOTENESS--IMMEDIACY97

2.7 Summary107

3．Interaction Between Aspect and Other Categories121

3.1 Interaction between Aspect and Tense121

3.2 Interaction between Aspect and Voice127

3.3 Interaction between Aspect and ROLE136

3.4 Interaction among Aspect,Tense and ROLE144

3.5 Interaction among Aspect,Tense,ROLE and Mood148

3.6 Interaction among Aspect,Tense,Voice,ROLE and Mood151

3.7 More examples on interaction between Aspect and Mood157

3.8 Summary161

4．LE in Mandarin Chinese168

4.1 Previous major treatments of Mandarin Aspect169

4.2 Previous studies of LE171

4.2.1 Two--morpheme treatment171

4.2.1.1 Dialectal evidence173

4.2.1.2 Syntactic distributions174

4.2.1.3 Semantic properties176

4.2.1.4 Cooccurrence of two LE's179

4.2.1.5 Weak points of two-morpheme treatment179

4.2.2 One-morpheme treatment181

4.3 BOUNDARY treatment of LE188

4.3.1 SUBSTANCE of LE188

4.3.1.1 Verbal LE188

4.3.1.2 Sentential LE198

4.3.2 DOMAIN of LE202

4.3.3 Other advantages of one-morpheme treatment of LE204

4.4 Extension of the notion of BOUNDARY207

4.4.1 Li and Thompson's 'currently relevant state'207

4.4.2 Andreasen's 'foregrounding and backgrounding'211

4.4.3 Chang's 'discourse interpretation'214

4.5 Concluding remarks220

5．Aspect Markers Guo,Zai and Zhe222

5.1 Guo222

5.1.1 Previous treatments of guo223

5.1.2 Nature of guo233

5.2 Zai and zhe249

5.2.1 Previous treatments of zai and zhe251

5.2.1.1 Chao's treatment252

5.2.1.2 Su's treatment254

5.2.1.3 Teng's treatment257

5.2.1.4 Chen's treatment262

5.2.1.5 Kwan-Terry's treatment265

5.2.1.6 Li and Thompson's treatment268

5.2.1.7 Lin's treatment271

5.2.1.8 Smith's treatment275

5.2.1.9 Recapitulation277

5.2.2 Nature of zai and zhe279

5.2.2.1 BOUNDARY implication of zai280

5.2.2.2 BOUNDARY implication of zhe292

5.2.2.3 Contrast between zai and zhe303

5.3 Concluding remarks310

6．Conclusion321

6.1 Some other marks of ASPECT321

6.2 Concluding remarks324

Bibliography327

Appendix339

Author Index340

Language Index344

Subject Index346