Bei and the passive in Cantonese
This paper studies the nature of the BEI-construction in Cantonese, with Mandarin as the standard language of comparison. Although the BEI-construction has been much studied in Mandarin, the same in not true for Cantonese. Although this construction has traditionally been termed a "passive&q...
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| Language: | English |
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2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/6542 |