03222oam 2200709I 450 991079996730332120230725023559.01-136-94489-31-136-94490-71-282-65961-897866126596140-203-84795-410.4324/9780203847954 (CKB)2670000000029304(EBL)544033(OCoLC)646788155(SSID)ssj0000414995(PQKBManifestationID)11262150(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414995(PQKBWorkID)10409108(PQKB)11676577(MiAaPQ)EBC544033(Au-PeEL)EBL544033(CaPaEBR)ebr10398769(CaONFJC)MIL265961(OCoLC)655269546(EXLCZ)99267000000002930420180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCorpus-based contrastive studies of English and Chinese /by Richard Xiao and Tony McEneryNew York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (216 p.)Routledge advances in corpus linguistics ;11Description based upon print version of record.1-138-80975-6 0-415-99245-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Tables; Figures; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Aspect Marking in English and Chinese; 3 Temporal Adverbials and Telicity in English and Chinese; 4 Quantifying Constructions in English and Chinese; 5 Passives in English and Chinese; 6 Negation in English and Chinese: Variants and Variations; 7 Negation in English and Chinese: Special Usages; 8 Challenge and Promise, and the Way Forward; Notes; Bibliography; IndexThis book is concerned with cross-linguistic contrast of major grammatical categories in English and Chinese, two most important yet genetically different world languages. This genetic difference has resulted in many subsidiary differences that are, among other things, related to grammar. Compared with typologically related languages, cross-linguistic contrast of English and Chinese is more challenging yet promising. The main theme of this book lies in its focus on cross-linguistic contrast of aspect-related grammatical categories, or, grammatical categories that contribute to aspectual meaninRoutledge advances in corpus linguistics ;11.Contrastive linguisticsSemantics, ComparativeChinese languageAspectEnglish languageAspectContrastive linguistics.Semantics, Comparative.Chinese languageAspect.English languageAspect.425McEnery Tony1964-,290737Xiao Richard611301MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910799967303321Corpus-based contrastive studies of English and Chinese3875076UNINA