Selectional restrictions of tenses and temporal reference of Chinese bare sentences

@article{citeulike:343213, abstract = {This paper discusses temporal reference of Chinese bare sentences without any time adverb or tense-like marker. We argue that temporal reference of such sentences can be resolved by selectional restrictions of two empty tenses, i.e., covert present tense and covert past tense. We show that while covert present tense must select a homogeneous situation as its complement, covert past tense must select a heterogeneous situation as its complement. We also argue that covert tenses must be distinguished from empty tenses that agree with time adverbs, because the latter do not have selectional restrictions.}, author = {Lin, Jo-Wang}, citeulike-article-id = {343213}, doi = {10.1016/S0024-3841(02)00089-X}, journal = {Lingua}, keywords = {aspect, chinese, tense}, month = {March}, number = {3}, pages = {271--302}, posted-at = {2005-10-07 07:18:15}, priority = {2}, title = {Selectional restrictions of tenses and temporal reference of Chinese bare sentences}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3841(02)00089-X}, volume = {113}, year = {2003} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:343213 L3 - citeulike-article-id:343213 N2 - This paper discusses temporal reference of Chinese bare sentences without any time adverb or tense-like marker. We argue that temporal reference of such sentences can be resolved by selectional restrictions of two empty tenses, i.e., covert present tense and covert past tense. We show that while covert present tense must select a homogeneous situation as its complement, covert past tense must select a heterogeneous situation as its complement. We also argue that covert tenses must be distinguished from empty tenses that agree with time adverbs, because the latter do not have selectional restrictions. IS - 3 JF - Lingua EP - 302 TI - Selectional restrictions of tenses and temporal reference of Chinese bare sentences VL - 113 SP - 271 KW - aspect KW - chinese KW - tense AU - Lin, Jo-Wang PY - 2003/03// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0024-3841(02)00089-X ER -