Abstract
In this article, we show that the parallelism between Mandarin gei ditransitive constructions and their English counterparts is misleading. We argue here that the gei that occurs next to a verb is part of a complex predicate, and that the gei phrase that occurs after the DO (direct object) is part of a SVC (Serial Verb Construction). The theoretical implications of this account of gei and some diachronical ramifications are also given.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-26 |
| Number of pages | 26 |
| Journal | Journal of Chinese Linguistics |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jun 1999 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Linguistics and Language