ANTONYMS? PRESUPPOSITIONS? ON THE SEMANTICS OF TWO EVALUATIVE MODALS JINGRAN AND GUORAN IN MANDARIN

ANTONYMS? PRESUPPOSITIONS? ON THE SEMANTICS OF TWO EVALUATIVE MODALS JINGRAN AND GUORAN IN MANDARIN

Jingran indicates that the (non)occurrence of a situation that it presents contradicts the expectation, while guoran indicates that the (non)occurrence of a situation presented by it converges with the expectation. Arguing against Hsieh's (2005, 2006a, 2006b) proposal that evaluative modals in...

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Main Author: Jiun-Shiung Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Crane Publishing Co 2008-06-01
Series:Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
Subjects:
jingran
guoran
evaluative modals
modality
semantics
Mandarin
Online Access:http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume6-1/6.1-3Wu.pdf

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