This thesis examines perfective aspect markers, their meanings and use in Chinese on the basis of the two-component theory of aspect. The perfective aspect is defined as presenting a situation, appearing on a specific point on a time line, in its entirety. Four perfective aspect markers are listed in the thesis, that is particle le, particle guo, verb reduplication and some resultative complements. Their perfectivity is proven on the basis of their use. The meanings of the markers of perfectivity are divided into three levels in the thesis. The first level includes expressing holisticity, which is the definitional characteristic of all markers of perfectivity. The second level includes the particular sub-meanings of individual markers of perfectivity. Particle le means actualisation, particle guo means discontinuity of a situation with its reference time, verb reduplication means change of intensity of an action, and resultative complements mark completion. The meanings that arise from the interactions of the special meanings of markers of perfectivity with the semantics of situations are included in the third level. In the thesis it is found that particle guo does not express experientiality by itself, as this is only one of those local meanings in certain situations. Same is true for delimitative meaning expressed by verb reduplication. The research also finds that not all resultative complements express perfectivity, but only grammaticalised phase complements, since state and directional complements can be used together with particle zai, which is a marker of imperfectivity. It can be seen from the differences in use that particles le and guo focus on punctuality, while reduplication and resultative complements focus on holisticity of a situation. This is especially notable from dependency of a situation with a perfective aspect marker from a certain reference time.
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