Once more on the present continuative ending -ing in Chinese
Language Log 2014-03-21
Summary:
On "Savage Minds", Kerim has a new post entitled "How do you pronounce '革命ing'?", which features this initially enigmatic photograph: The photograph shows Taiwanese historian and political activist, Su Beng (aka Shih Ming), in front of a banner that reads: Táidú 台獨, which is short for Táiwān dúlì 台灣獨立 ("Taiwan Independence") Quánmín gémìng ing 全民革命ing […]