Morpho-Syntax of Non-VO Separable Compound Verbs in Cantonese

Verb-object (VO) separable compound verbs (SCVs), for example, lí-le-hūn ‘divorced’, have long been studied. A small group of non-VO compounds in Cantonese are also separable, but have not yet been addressed. In this study, a preliminary judgment test was used for the first time, to look into the se...

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Main Authors: Chan Sheila S.L., Cheung Lawrence Y.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-12-01
Series:Studies in Chinese Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/scl-2020-0007