In:Patient-Subject Constructions in Mandarin Chinese: Syntax, semantics, discourse
Xiaoling He
[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse 12] 2019
► pp. 33–58
Chapter 3What the PSC is not
Published online: 27 June 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/scld.12.c3
https://doi.org/10.1075/scld.12.c3
Article outline
- 3.1Topicalization
- 3.1.1Prosodic cues
- 3.1.2Subjecthood
- 3.1.3Focus, subordination and nominalization
- 3.2PSC is not passive
- 3.2.1Two opposing views
- 3.2.2Why PSC is not passive
- 3.2.2.1Setting determining criteria
- 3.2.2.1.1Is a universal definition of passive possible?
- 3.2.2.1.2Markedness theory
- 3.2.2.2Criteria for markedness
- 3.2.2.2.1Text frequency.
- 3.2.2.2.2Structural complexity.
- 3.2.2.2.3Distributional behavior.
- 3.2.2.1Setting determining criteria
- 3.3PSC is not an ergative construction
- 3.3.1Ergativity
- 3.3.2PSC is not an ergative structure
- 3.3.3The PSC is not an ergative construction
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