Toki-type Bases with Temporal Suffixes in Japanese and Chinese
Abstract
Using native speaker acceptability judgments across eight noun categories, this study demonstrate that the "within-range" vs. "whole-range"
distinction is encoded in Japanese, but with considerable lexical exceptions. In contrast, Chinese uses a single form -zhÅng for both ranges,
and suffixability depends primarily on whether the temporal noun denotes a duration rather than a point.
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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.70711/rcha.v4i7.10103
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