After analyzing some disadvantages of the two usually applied models of mono aktionsart and double aktionsart, this paper suggests the model of chain aktionsart as a new model to depict the aktionsart structure of verb. The new model is discussed by means of analyzing some verbs and some relevant problems. As an explanatory theoretical construct, the model of chain aktionsart is founded on the idea that different types of aktionsart contained in a verb generally reflects different links (sub-events) of an event chain. The model can be formulated as ‘activity —→ transition —→ state’, or as ‘V: 【activity】, 【transition】, 【state】’ in analyzing the aktionsart structure of a specific verb. The model of chain aktionsart can be applied to a verb with double or mono aktionsart.
ZUO Si-min
. The Model of Chain Aktionsart: a New Model to Explain the Aktionsart Structure of Verb[J]. Journal of East China Normal University (Philosophy and Social Sciences), 2015
, 47(3)
: 125
-136
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DOI: 10、16382/j.cnki.1000-5579.2015.03.014