The grammatical-lexical distinction in Chinese aspectual markers

• Linlin Sun ^[2] ; Kasper Boye ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Copenhagen

     University of Copenhagen

     Dinamarca

     
  2. [2] Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
• Localización: Studies in language: International Journal Sponsored by The Foundation "Foundations of Language", ISSN 0378-4177, Vol. 43, Nº 3, 2019, págs. 668-714
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This paper discusses the grammatical-lexical distinction based on Boye and Harder (2012) in the class of aspectual markers in Chinese and aims to decide whether these markers are grammatical or lexical in a theoretically anchored sense. To accomplish this, the language-general criteria proposed in Boye and Harder (2012) are translated into Chinese-specific criteria for diagnosing grammatical vs. lexical status, and these translated criteria are then applied to Chinese aspect markers in a questionnaire-based survey in order to test whether these markers are lexical or grammatical. Our classification of the Chinese markers tested is then compared with a traditional classification based on grammaticalization features (Lehmann 2015). The results support an integration of the two ways of approaching the grammatical-lexical distinction.