A diachronic study of directional complements: Motion events in Chinese

Peyraube, Alain

doi:10.1075/tsl.66.08pey

In:Space in Languages: Linguistic Systems and Cognitive Categories
Edited by Maya Hickmann † and Stéphane Robert
[Typological Studies in Language 66] 2006
► pp. 121–135

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Motion events in Chinese

A diachronic study of directional complements

Alain Peyraube | CNRS & Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, Paris, France

Published online: 16 May 2006

https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.66.08pey

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