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Can completive and durative adverbials function as tests for telicity? Evidence from English and Chinese

Telicity is an important concept in the study of aspect. While the compatibility tests with completive and durative adverbials have long been in operation as a diagnostic for telicity, their validity and reliability have rarely been questioned...

Keywords: aspect, telicity, linguistic test, corpus-based approach, English, Chinese

00/0000 | Corpus Linguistics and Lingustic Theory, Walter de Gruyter
Politeness: Is there an East-West divide?

Brown and Levinson (1987 [1978]) has remained the most seminal and influential starting point for studying cross-cultural and interlinguistic politeness...

Keywords: politeness, pragmalinguistics, socio-pragmatics, face, Chinese, Japanese, Korean

07/2007 | Journal of Politeness Research. Language, Behaviour, Culture, Walter de Gruyter