Abstract
The semantics of -guo indicates a non-empty set of a type of eventuality in a certain time frame, while the properties of term inability, discontinuity and repeatability are only pragmatic implicatures. From the viewpoint of event structure, -guo is better considered as an imperfective marker than an experiential marker which asserting the activity description and leaving the state description as a standard implicative. Forwardly, from event structure to information structure, “-guo” is developed into an indirect evidential marker. Based on social needs of reliability and extended intersubjectivity, “-guo” emphasizes the truth of events and gains the specific meaning as an interpersonal evidential.
Highlights
Original PaperEnglish Language Teaching and Linguistics Studies ISSN 2640-9836 (Print) ISSN 2640-9844 (Online)
It is generally stated that the semantics of -guo in Mandarin Chinese has been divided into two sub-classes: perfective aspect marker -guo1 and experiential aspect marker -guo2
The semantics of -guo indicates a non-empty set of a type of eventuality in a certain time frame, while the properties of term inability, discontinuity and repeatability are only pragmatic implicatures
Summary
English Language Teaching and Linguistics Studies ISSN 2640-9836 (Print) ISSN 2640-9844 (Online).
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