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

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.

About the author

Barbara Meisterernst, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Meisterernst
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.11.2014
• EAN: 9783110339321
• ISBN: 978-3-11-033932-1
• No. of pages: 525
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 31 mm x 237 mm
• Weight: 982 g
• Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs; Mouton de Gruyter; Trends in Linguistics, Studies and Monographs (TiLSM); De Gruyter Mouton; Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]; ISSN
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures