TWO TYPES OF INDIRECT OBJECT MARKERS IN CHINESE: THEIR TYPOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

TWO TYPES OF INDIRECT OBJECT MARKERS IN CHINESE: THEIR TYPOLOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE AND DEVELOPMENT

This paper proposes that there are two types of indirect object markers in the Chinese language: The go-type and the give-type. The chronological development of these two types of indirect object markers will be discussed. Moreover, with reference to the Cantonese dialects, this paper will examine t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of Chinese Linguistics 2010-01, Vol.38 (1), p.1-25
1. Verfasser: 錢志安(Andy C. Chin)
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This paper proposes that there are two types of indirect object markers in the Chinese language: The go-type and the give-type. The chronological development of these two types of indirect object markers will be discussed. Moreover, with reference to the Cantonese dialects, this paper will examine the factors contributing to the replacement of the go-type marker by the give-type marker. Finally, this typology of the indirect object markers is discussed from an areal linguistic perspective.
ISSN:0091-3723