Abstract
Wu(1994) listed ten words as CFs’ markers in Chinese, they are (early) ， 了 (perfect/perfective marker), (had it not been the case), (didn’t), (would have been great if only)， (had thought), (should have been),… (in the case), (really). However, according to our definitions, none of them are dedicated CFs markers but only CFE 1 markers except. Several observations can be summarized from these markers: (1)although they can be applied to deliver a counterfactual reading, they can never ensure a counterfactual reading; (2) the counterfactuality delivered by them can be easily cancelled by inserting another sentence following behind; (3)counterfactuality can be expressed in absense of these CFE markers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 27th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information, and Computation, PACLIC 27 |
| Publisher | National Chengchi University |
| Pages | 329-338 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9789860385670 |
| Publication status | Published - 2013 |
| Event | 27th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information, and Computation, PACLIC 2013 - Taipei, Taiwan, China Duration: 21 Nov 2013 → 24 Nov 2013 |
Conference
| Conference | 27th Pacific Asia Conference on Language, Information, and Computation, PACLIC 2013 |
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| Place | Taiwan, China |
| City | Taipei |
| Period | 21/11/13 → 24/11/13 |