In:Patient-Subject Constructions in Mandarin Chinese: Syntax, semantics, discourse
Xiaoling He
[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse 12] 2019
► pp. 109–126
Chapter 6PSC in typological perspective
Published online: 27 June 2019
https://doi.org/10.1075/scld.12.c6
https://doi.org/10.1075/scld.12.c6
Article outline
- 6.1PSC-like structures in other languages
- 6.1.1Reflexive constructions
- 6.1.2Middle constructions
- 6.1.2.1Basic morphosyntactic characteristics of middle constructions
- 6.1.2.2Semantic properties of middle constructions
- 6.1.2.3Two general properties
- 6.2The Chinese PSC as a middle construction
- 6.2.1Sentence form and meaning
- 6.2.2The active-middle opposition and its cognitive basis
- 6.3Unaccusativity and ergativization
- 6.3.1Unaccusativity
- 6.3.2Ergativization
- 6.4Chapter summary
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