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WEI HE, UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING, CHINAZHANG JINGYUAN, UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING, CHINAAN OUTLINE OF THE CHINESE TEMPORAL SYSTEM WITHIN THE SYSTEMICFUNCTIONAL THEORETICAL FRAMEWORKAfter having reviewed previous studies of the Chinese temporal system (GaoMingkai, 1986; Wang Li, 1985, 2000, 2001; Shang Xin 2007; Lü Shuxiang, 1953;Chen Ping, 1988; Gong Qianyan 1995; Ma Qingzhu, 1981; Li Tiegen, 1999, 2002;Ding Shengshu, 1999; Zhu Dexi, 2000; Zhao Yuanren, 2001; Shi Yuzhi, 2000, 2001,2003; Yang Guowen, 2007; etc.), this paper will be inten<strong>de</strong>d to outline the overallChinese temporal system within the systemic functional framework (Halli<strong>da</strong>y, 1985,1994; He Wei, 2007, 2008; etc. The main points and relevant research findings willbe as follows: (1) The Chinese temporal system inclu<strong>de</strong>s two subsystems—thegrammatical system (tense and aspect) and the lexical system (phase and otherlexical expressions); (2) Tense and aspect are not the same thing, but both of themare the grammaticalizations of certain temporal meanings while phase and otherexpressions are the lexicalizations of certain temporal meanings; (3) Tense an<strong>da</strong>spect share a few markers, which have already been grammaticalized, semigrammaticalziedor on the way of being grammaticalzied, while phase is the<strong>de</strong>scription of temporal meanings of verbs, predicates, and complements in certaincontexts, and other expressions are the <strong>de</strong>scription of temporal meanings ofclauses, nominal groups, adverbial groups, conjunctives, etc. This sketchy researchwithin the systemic functional framework is supposed to be a roughly systematicand consistent <strong>de</strong>scription of the Chinese temporal system, which marks thebeginning of a series of studies of the phenomenon in question in the future.Keywords: Chinese temporal system, systemic functional linguistics, trinocular perspective.ReferencesChen, Ping. 1988. On the tripartite structure of the temporal system of mo<strong>de</strong>rn Chinese.Chinese Philology, No. 6: pp. 401-421.Ding, Shengshu, et. al. 1999. Lectures on Mo<strong>de</strong>rn Chinese Grammar. Beijing: The CommercialPress.Gao, Mingkai. 1986 (the new version of 1948). A Theory of Chinese Grammar. Beijing: TheCommercial Press.Gong, Qianyan. 1995. Situation Type, Tense and Aspect in Chinese. Beijing: The CommercialPress.Halli<strong>da</strong>y, Michael Alexan<strong>de</strong>r Kirkwood. 1985. An Introduction to Functional Grammar. London:Edward Arnold.Halli<strong>da</strong>y, Michael Alexan<strong>de</strong>r Kirkwood. 1994 (the second edition of 1985). An Introduction toFunctional Grammar. London: Edward Arnold.ISFC38 Book of <strong>Abstracts</strong> Page 199 Lisbon, July 2011

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