Modal Verbs and Modal Adverbs in Chinese

The preferred NP use in the object position of THECHHUT suggests that THECHHUT is of higher transitivity than KIANGI (Thompson and Hopper 1980). Thirdly, the Message and

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Based on the finding that the information state of referents is relevant to the use of gesture, the temporal patterning of iconic hand shapes and the associated new referents

be, used before the noun phrases in the assertive sentences, to precede the adjectives in the descriptive sentences. Such a construction of shi. de was used only

After the participants have done the test, the researchers measure the effectiveness of learning methods for control and experimental group by calculating (1) the correct rate

Like Chinese ‘yuè...yuè...’ and ‘lú...lú...’ constructions, the first marker of the Mongolian proportional correlative construction ‘xedii...tödii...’ appears in a

• More tepid Chinese demand means lower prices for many raw materials: witness the nearly 50% fall in Indonesian coal prices

We use adverbs of frequency with the simple present tense to describe how often things