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| Title: | Why some causative ‘give’ constructions develop beyond the passive to also form the unaccusative: evidence from Southern Min dialects |
| Authors: | Chen, Weirong
Yap, Foong Ha
Xu, Huiling |
| Subjects: | Southern Min dialects
Unaccusative constructions
'Give' constructions |
| Issue Date: | Dec-2011 |
| Citation: | 2011 Annual Research Forum of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK-ARF 2011), December 3, 2011, City University of Hong Kong. |
| Abstract: | This paper aims to further explore why a few languages such as the Jieyang and
Hui’an varieties of Southern Min further develop an unaccusative use of the ‘give’
verb, while many other Sinitic varieties do not. |
| Description: | The conference was organized by Linguistic Society of Hong Kong. |
| Rights: | Reproduced with permission of the authors. |
| Type: | Presentation |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10397/5148 |
| Appears in Collections: | ENGL Conference Papers & Presentations
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