Abstract
This paper examines the semantic differences between the near-synonymous pair in Mandarin – cai猜 and huayi懷疑. As verbs of doubt, they are similar in marking weak epistemic assertion but differ in event structure and presuppositional strength. The analysis is based on collocation patterns of the two verbs displayed in the Sinica Corpus. A Module-Attribute representational framework is adopted in this paper for detailing the semantic distinctions.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 43-55 |
| Journal | Concentric |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 2002 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Research Keywords
- Lexical semantics
- verbal semantics
- Mandarin verbs
- verbs of doubt