V-V Compounds in Chinese: Syntactic Perspective Revisited

This article revisits the formation of the resultative V-V compounds in Chinese. While presenting evidence to show the inadequacies of the lexicalist approach, we instead argue that these compounds are derived via syntactic operations. Meanwhile, the multiple readings of V-V compounds, once claimed...

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Main Authors: Huibin Zhuang, Peicui Zhang, Baopeng Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-01-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244020988681

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