Peer reviewedERIC Number: EJ532553
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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The Progressive in English and Japanese.
Suzuki, Takashi
Language Sciences, v18 n1-2 p265-75 Jan-Apr 1996
Compares and contrasts the progressive constructions in English and Japanese, concluding that whereas an English sentence of this type refers to a dynamic state, this need not be the case in Japanese. The article argues that the progressive operators in both English (be-ing) and Japanese (-teiru) can be characterized as stativizer. (18 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Contrastive Linguistics, Deep Structure, English, Japanese, Sentence Structure, Tenses (Grammar), Verbs
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Contrastive Semantics and Pragmatics, Volume 1: Meanings and Representations.
