LEADER 03238nam 2200721Ia 450 001 9910828700403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-136-94489-3 010 $a1-136-94490-7 010 $a1-282-65961-8 010 $a9786612659614 010 $a0-203-84795-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203847954 035 $a(CKB)2670000000029304 035 $a(EBL)544033 035 $a(OCoLC)646788155 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000414995 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11262150 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000414995 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10409108 035 $a(PQKB)11676577 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC544033 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL544033 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10398769 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL265961 035 $a(OCoLC)655269546 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000029304 100 $a20100111d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCorpus-based contrastive studies of English and Chinese /$fby Richard Xiao and Tony McEnery 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cRoutledge$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (216 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge advances in corpus linguistics ;$v11 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-138-80975-6 311 $a0-415-99245-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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; Index 330 $aThis book is concerned with cross-linguistic contrast of major grammatical categories in English and Chinese, two most important yet genetically different world languages. This genetic difference has resulted in many subsidiary differences that are, among other things, related to grammar. Compared with typologically related languages, cross-linguistic contrast of English and Chinese is more challenging yet promising. The main theme of this book lies in its focus on cross-linguistic contrast of aspect-related grammatical categories, or, grammatical categories that contribute to aspectual meanin 410 0$aRoutledge advances in corpus linguistics ;$v11. 606 $aContrastive linguistics 606 $aSemantics, Comparative 606 $aChinese language$xAspect 606 $aEnglish language$xAspect 615 0$aContrastive linguistics. 615 0$aSemantics, Comparative. 615 0$aChinese language$xAspect. 615 0$aEnglish language$xAspect. 676 $a425 700 $aMcEnery$b Tony$f1964-$0290737 701 $aXiao$b Richard$0611301 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910828700403321 996 $aCorpus-based contrastive studies of English and Chinese$94041127 997 $aUNINA