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The Scope and Tense Features of the Aspect Marker “zhe”(着) in Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasities

Du yi 1

1상해사범대학

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ABSTRACT

In Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties, “zhe”(着) behind a verb has four kinds of possibility in syntactic character: the second verb in a serial verb construction, a preposition, a complement and an aspect marker. The aspect marker “zhe”(着) had its special value in the language system of Tang Dynasty and Five Dynasties. “zhe”(着) was used after the verb which represented an event which happened prior to another event located behind or simultaneously with another, and the event time of V-“zhe”(着) structure could be in the past or the future.

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