<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> In view of Kayne’s (2014) analysis, the English expressions of once, twice, and #-times are compared with the corresponding Chinese expression, #-ci. This paper shows that data from Chinese not only support Kayne’s analysis that treats the silent TIME as classifier, but they also suggest that the frequentative phrase may involve a silent NP and/or PP. The latter provides some possible modifications to Kayne’s original analysis of the suffix -ce.</p></abstract>

In view of Kayne’s (2014) analysis, the English expressions of once, twice, and #-times are compared with the corresponding Chinese expression, #-ci. This paper shows that data from Chinese not only support Kayne’s analysis that treats the silent TIME as classifier, but they also suggest that the frequentative phrase may involve a silent NP and/or PP. The latter provides some possible modifications to Kayne’s original analysis of the suffix -ce.

Once upon an invisible TIME: On Frequentative Phrases in Chinese

Institute of Linguistics, Academia Sinica, 128, Sec.2, Academia Rd. Nangang, Taipei 115, Taiwan

Studies in Chinese Linguistics

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In view of Kayne’s (2014) analysis, the English expressions of once, twice, and #-times are compared with the corresponding Chinese expression, #-ci. This...

Once upon an invisible TIME: On Frequentative Phrases in Chinese

Published Online: Apr 30, 2015

Page range: 21 - 33

Received: Jul 08, 2014

Accepted: Dec 01, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scl-2015-0002

Keywords
silent element, durative/frequentative phrases, classifiers, Chinese syntax

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Once upon an invisible TIME: On Frequentative Phrases in Chinese

Published Online: Apr 30, 2015

Page range: 21 - 33

Received: Jul 08, 2014

Accepted: Dec 01, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/scl-2015-0002

Keywordssilent element, durative/frequentative phrases, classifiers, Chinese syntax

© 2015

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
silent element, durative/frequentative phrases, classifiers, Chinese syntax