In:Cantonese GIVE and Double-Object Construction: Grammaticalization and word order change
Andy Chi-on Chin
[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse 15] 2022
► pp. 55–102
Chapter 4Diachronic development of give and its functions in Cantonese
Published online: 14 June 2022
https://doi.org/10.1075/scld.15.c4
https://doi.org/10.1075/scld.15.c4
Article outline
- 4.1Studying the language of the past with authentic textual materials
- 4.2Pre-modern Cantonese dialect materials
- 4.3Functions of give in pre-modern Cantonese
- 4.3.1As a double-object verb
- 4.3.2As a causative verb
- 4.3.3As an IO marker
- 4.3.3.1From [kʷͻ] 過 to [pei] 畀
- 4.3.3.2Typological significance of go-type and give-type IO markers
- 4.3.3.3Null IO marker in pre-modern Cantonese
- 4.3.4As a passive marker
- 4.3.5As a verb introducing instruments
- 4.3.5.1Disappearance of the instrument marker function
- 4.4Summary
