http://hdl.handle.net/10397/5146 Search the Channel search http://repository.lib.polyu.edu.hk/jspui/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10397/5148 Title: Why some causative ‘give’ constructions develop beyond the passive to also form the unaccusative: evidence from Southern Min dialects<br/><br/>Authors: Chen, Weirong; Yap, Foong Ha; Xu, Huiling<br/><br/>Abstract: This paper aims to further explore why a few languages such as the Jieyang andHui’an varieties of Southern Min further develop an unaccusative use of the ‘give’verb, while many other Sinitic varieties do not.<br/><br/>Description: The conference was organized by Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. Thu, 01 Dec 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/10397/5147 Title: On the extended uses of evidential markers in Korean: diachronic and discourse perspectives<br/><br/>Authors: Ahn, Mikyung; Yap, Foong Ha<br/><br/>Abstract: This paper examines the diachronic development of four evidential markers in Korean—namely,tako, tamye, tamyense and tanta—and further examines their extended uses as pragmatic markers.Data for our analysis are based on the Sejong spoken corpus, which consists of 4,204,082 words. Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 GMT