Encoding present situations in Mandarin Chinese and isiXhosa: A comparative study

This study sought to investigate how two typologically distinct languages, Mandarin and isiXhosa, deal with the encoding of temporal relations by focusing on a specific time frame – the present. The study revealed that both Mandarin and isiXhosa do not have overt grammatical features for locating...

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Main Authors: Ma, Xiujie, Simango, Silvester Ron
Format: Article
Language:Afrikaans
Published: Stellenbosch University 2014-12-01
Series:Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics
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Online Access:https://spil.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/171