Titlebook: New Perspectives on Aspect and Modality in Chinese Historical Linguistics; Barbara Meisterernst Book 2019 Peking University Press and Spri

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Metamorphosis

The Development of 且 QIE as a Polite Imperative Markere evolved from its use for transient situations with hortative modality in early Chinese Buddhist texts. The contact with Indic languages via translation also seems to have facilitated the development of QIE from temporal adverb to marker of polite imperative.

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