Modal verbs in Han period Chinese Part I: The syntax and semantics of kě ? and kě yǐ ?
Modal verbs in Han period Chinese Part I: The syntax and semantics of kě ? and kě yǐ ?
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汉代汉语情态动词第一部分:kě ? 和kě yǐ ? 的语法和语义
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10.1163/1960602808x00037
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2008
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Barbara Meisterernst
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作者:
Barbara Meisterernst
This article focuses on a synchronic analysis of the modal auxiliary verbs ke ? and kě yǐ ? in Han period Chinese. The study reveals that in Han period Chinese ke ? and kě yǐ ? predominantly express root possibility values, while deontic values are mainly restricted to the negated form of the construction. Propositional values (either epistemic or evidential) are almost non-existent and co-occurr only with verbs that licence an evidential interpretation, a notion which is already present in Classical Chinese.