Mandarin directional serial verb constructions : a constructionist approach

This thesis presents a neo-constructionist theory to account for a couple of puzzles centring around the Mandarin directional serial verb constructions (DSVC), such as song tang jin lai ‘send soup enter come'. Mandarin DSVCs are divided into seven types. I first look into the word order alterna...

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Main Author: Chen, Zhishuang
Other Authors: Tsoulas, George
Published: University of York 2016
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Online Access:https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.722822