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Baarle, Adrie van (2020)

Towards a semantical analysis of the -te iru form in Modern Japanese

Bachelor thesis | Taalwetenschap (BA)
This thesis aims to provide an overview of relevant research on the -te iru form. Having summarised research by scholars such as Vendler, Dowty and Kindaichi, it proceeds to compare and contrast literature on the -te iru form itself. There appear to be two types of analyses for the -te iru form: polysemous and monosemous analyses. After comparing several accounts and providing some new data, I conclude that a monosemous account, which analyses -te iru as a pragmatically ambitious stative expression, is the most likely analysis.
Japanese
aspect
te iru
progressive
perfective
Author
Baarle, Adrie van
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Taal & Cognitie
Supervisors
Cheng, L.L.
ECTS Credits
10
Language
en