In:The Development of the Chinese Cleft Construction: A diachronic constructional approach
Fangqiong Zhan
[Constructional Approaches to Language 41] 2026
► pp. xiii–xiv
Published online: 5 February 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.41.lof
https://doi.org/10.1075/cal.41.lof
List of figures
Figure 2.1Constructional changes related to constructionalization29
Figure 3.1The constructional schematic taxonomy of the Chinese copular construction51
Figure 3.2The constructional schematic taxonomy of the Chinese cleft construction59
Figure 3.3A comparison of the schematic copular construction and the cleft construction63
Figure 4.1The development of the copula shi construction91
Figure 5.1Main sources of the VP
de cleft construction110
Figure 5.2The development of the constructional schematic taxonomy of the prototypical Chinese copular construction110
Figure 6.1A constructional taxonomy of the copular construction118
Figure 6.2Multiple sources of the V de O cleft133
Figure 6.3Development of the copular and cleft network134
