Chinese Lexical Semantics
19th Workshop, CLSW 2018, Chiayi, Taiwan, May 26–28, 2018, Revised Selected Papers
Book and Conference Proceedings
19th Workshop, CLSW 2018, Chiayi, Taiwan, May 26–28, 2018, Revised Selected Papers
Chapter and Conference Paper
In this paper, I argue that contrast is an essential and indispensable part of the semantics of běnlái and yuánlái, in addition to the temporal semantics argued in [1] and [2], based on the discourse function of ...
Chapter and Conference Paper
Ū in ū + situation in Taiwan Southern Min has been noted, in the literature, to express multiple readings. In this paper, we argue for a modal-aspectual account for ū. The semantics of ū includes an epistemic mod...
Chapter and Conference Paper
This paper examines three modal adverbials in Mandarin Chinese: yídìng, kěndìng and dǔdìng. These three lexical entries can all express strong epistemic necessity or intensification. However, denoting intensifica...