Japanese -te iru and -te aru: The aspectual implications of the stage-level and individual-level distinction
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Title
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Japanese -te iru and -te aru: The aspectual implications of the stage-level and individual-level distinction
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Identifier
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d_2009_2013:4c4c7078d67b:10326
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identifier
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10185
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Creator
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Sugita, Mamori,
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Contributor
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William McClure
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Date
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2009
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Linguistics | aspect | event semantics | experiential | habitual | perfective | progressive
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Abstract
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This dissertation investigates semantic and syntactic properties of the forms --te iru and --te aru in Japanese, as well as pragmatic effects of statements with these forms.;With an activity verb in the --te iru form, progressive, experiential, and habitual readings are available. With an achievement verb in the --te iru form, perfective, experiential, and habitual readings are available. I address specifically the difference between perfective and experiential readings. After reviewing the literature, where it seems that the distinction is not clear, I give a series of empirical tests and argue that experiential sentences exhibit properties of individual-level predicates, while perfective (as well as progressive) sentences exhibit properties of stage-level predicates.;There are two types of --te aru sentences, intransitivizing and non-intransitivizing --te aru, both of which have been claimed to yield perfective readings. However, I argue that all -- te aru sentences are experiential and exhibit properties that parallel individual-level predicates.;This dissertation investigates semantic and syntactic properties of the forms --te iru and --te aru in Japanese, as well as pragmatic effects of statements with these forms. With an activity verb in the --te iru form, progressive, experiential, and habitual readings are available. With an achievement verb in the --te iru form, perfective, experiential, and habitual readings are available. I address specifically the difference between perfective and experiential readings. After reviewing the literature, where it seems that the distinction is not clear, I give a series of empirical tests and argue that experiential sentences exhibit properties of individual-level predicates, while perfective (as well as progressive) sentences exhibit properties of stage-level predicates.;There are two types of --te aru sentences, intransitivizing and non-intransitivizing --te aru, both of which have been claimed to yield perfective readings. However, I argue that all -- te aru sentences are experiential and exhibit properties that parallel individual-level predicates.
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dissertation
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Source
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2009_2013.csv
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degree
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Ph.D.
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Program
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Linguistics
