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Jiang, Yan (2025) 'Temporal information in sentence-final particles.' Asian Languages and Linguistics, 5 (2). pp. 251-280.

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Abstract

This paper scrutinizes the claim that modern Shanghainese has sentence-final particles tse and keh that have tense-marking functions. We review works by Qian (2006; 2009), Chao (1926) and Li, Thompson & Thompson (1982) and analyze Shanghainese missionary texts on the use of these SFPs. Through a functional-discoursal investigation, we identify the IN-cluster use and the END-cluster use of tse. We take the temporal marking function of tse as a consequence of its discourse function, which introduces a (con)-current reference time in the discourse. On the other hand, we take keh as an assertion particle, whose occasional sense of recent past comes from its confirmation of a completed event.

Item Type: Journal Article
Keywords: aspect; missionary linguistics; sentence-final particle; Shanghainese; tense
SOAS Departments & Centres: Departments and Subunits > School of Languages, Cultures & Linguistics
ISSN: 26659336
DOI (Digital Object Identifier): https://doi.org/10.1075/alal.24007.jia
SWORD Depositor: JISC Publications Router
Date Deposited: 22 Feb 2025 07:34
URI: https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/id/eprint/43425

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