The Components of Sideward Movement in the Verb Copying Construction in Mandarin Chinese

In this paper, I explore the components of the sideward movement involved in the verb copying construction proposed by Cheng (2007). I first present some facts of the resultative de-clause of the verb copying construction which seems to be puzzling under Cheng’s analysis. An extended analysis is the...

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Main Author: Kuo Pei-Jung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2015-05-01
Series:Studies in Chinese Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/scl-2015-0003