Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication

The Interaction between Genericity and the Formal Performances of the Verb in Middle Construction

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Xiuwei Li
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Xiuwei Li
Available Online May 2014.
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10.2991/icelaic-14.2014.69How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Genericity, Tense and aspectual performance, Middle Construction, Acceptability
Abstract

There is no simple one-to-one relationship between genericity and a verb’s performance in tense and aspect. In middle constructions, the interaction between the referents of the overt clausal elements brings a complex interaction between genericity and a verb’s performance in tense and aspect. The implicit agent pose no remarkable influence on the genericity and the performance of verbs in tense and aspect. Different acceptabilities of middle constructions are created by different tenses or aspects.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Education, Language, Art and Intercultural Communication
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
May 2014
ISBN
978-94-6252-013-4
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icelaic-14.2014.69How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2014, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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