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Publication details [#20906]
Tai, James H.Y. 1985. Temporal sequence and Chinese word order. In Givón, Talmy. Iconicity, isomorphism and non-arbitrary coding in syntax. In : 187–219. : 49–72. 
Publication type
Article in book
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
An attempt to understand the meaning differences between preverbal and postverbal adverbials in terms of the notion of temporal sequence, and to explain their placement by the principle of temporal sequence.