In:The Development of the Chinese Cleft Construction: A diachronic constructional approach
Fangqiong Zhan
[Constructional Approaches to Language 41] 2026
► pp. 117–135
Chapter 6The development of the Chinese V de O cleft construction
Published online: 5 February 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.41.c6
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.41.c6
Article outline
- 6.1Introduction
- 6.2The rise of the V de O cleft
- 6.2.1[Object-RC NP] in late Middle Chinese
- 6.2.2The emergence of the V de O cleft
- 6.2.2.1The emergence of [NP COP Object-RC NP]
- 6.2.2.2The emergence of the V de O cleft
- 6.3A constructional account of the development of the V de O cleft
- 6.3.1Modeling the development of the V de O cleft construction
- 6.3.2The factors enabling the emergence of the V de O cleft
- 6.3.2.1Neo-analysis
- 6.3.2.2Analogization
- 6.3.3The network of the Chinese cleft construction
- 6.4Summary
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