Analysis on Time Characteristics of Two Kinds of Sentences

Li Li · Journal of Jiangxi Institute of Education · 2004

Time proposition in the sentence are usually expressed through verb and its other co-ocurrent elements in it. These elements include time noun, time adverbial, dynamic auxiliary words, directional verb and modal particle with the implication of referent time. Their combination should follow the principle of agreement in time. This paper will from real corpora reveal some time characteristics in two kinds of sentences through their comparision and analysis of the structures.

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