Is there a finite vs. nonfinite distinction in Chinese?

Linguistics

Volumn 39, Issue 376, 2001, Pages 1117-1148

  Hu, Jianhua ^a   Pan, Haihua ^a   Xu, Liejiong ^a  

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EID: 0041869431     PISSN: 00243949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/ling.2001.043     Document Type: Article

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