Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Abbreviations and symbols ix
5. Introduction 1
6. Two-component aspect theory 13
7. Situation aspect 33
8. The perfective aspects in Chinese 89
9. The imperfective aspects in Chinese 181
10. Aspect marking in English and Chinese 245
11. From the study of aspect to constractive grammar 281
12. Bibliography 287
13. Index 297