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Format: 1 online resource (278 pages)

ISBN: 9789027257802

Series Statement: Studies in Chinese language and discourse ; Volume 15

Content: This monograph reports on the study of GIVE and its associated functions and syntactic constructions in Cantonese from diachronic, synchronic, and typological perspectives.

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , Intro -- Cantonese GIVE and Double-Object Construction -- Editorial page -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Abstract -- Glossary and transcriptions -- Notes on transcriptions -- Acknowledgements -- Part I. Grammaticalization of GIVE in Cantonese -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- 1.1 The double-object verb GIVE and its linguistic features -- 1.2 giving in the linguistic sense -- 1.3 Terminology: Double-object, ditransitive, three-place predicate and dative -- 1.4 Syntactic realization of double-object construction -- 1.4.1 Word order of IO and DO -- 1.4.2 Marked and unmarked double-object constructions -- 1.5 Other syntactic functions performed by GIVE -- 1.6 Organization of this book -- Chapter 2. Multi-functionality of GIVE in Chinese dialects and neighboring non-Sinitic languages: An areal-typological perspective -- 2.1 Linguistic situation of Southeast Asia -- 2.1.1 Relationship between Chinese and Southeast Asian languages -- 2.1.2 The Southeast Asian linguistic area -- 2.2 A survey of GIVE in Chinese dialects -- 2.2.1 The Yue dialects -- 2.2.1.1 The morpheme 畀 -- 2.2.1.2 The morpheme [ɂi] or [ei] -- 2.2.2 The Hakka dialects -- 2.2.2.1 The morpheme 分 -- 2.2.2.2 The morpheme 拿 -- 2.2.3 The Min dialects -- 2.2.3.1 The morpheme 乞 -- 2.2.3.2 The morpheme 互 or -- 2.2.3.3 The morpheme 欠 -- 2.2.3.4 The morpheme 納 -- 2.2.4 The Gan dialects -- 2.2.4.1 The morpheme 把 or 擺 -- 2.2.5 The Xiang dialects -- 2.2.5.1 The morpheme 把 -- 2.2.5.2 The morpheme 得 -- 2.2.6 The Wu dialects -- 2.2.6.1 The morpheme 撥, 不 or 八 -- 2.2.7 The Mandarin dialects -- 2.2.7.1 The morpheme 給 -- 2.2.7.2 The morpheme 把 -- 2.3 Multiple forms of GIVE as a result of language contact -- 2.3.1 Inter-dialectal influence -- 2.3.2 Inter-lingual influence -- 2.4 Multi-functionality of GIVE in Chinese dialects and neighboring non-Sinitic languages. , 2.4.1 Linguistic contact between Northern dialects and Altaic languages -- 2.4.2 Linguistic contact between Southern dialects and Southeast Asian languages -- 2.5 Multi-functionality of GIVE in world's languages -- 2.5.1 As an IO marker or a beneficiary marker -- 2.5.2 As a causative verb -- 2.5.3 As a passive marker (and a causative marker) -- 2.6 Summary -- Chapter 3. Grammaticalization of GIVE in Cantonese -- 3.1 What is grammaticalization? -- 3.2 Grammaticalization of GIVE -- 3.2.1 As an indirect object marker -- 3.2.2 As a beneficiary marker -- 3.2.3 As a causative verb -- 3.2.4 As a passive marker -- 3.2.4.1 Relationship between causative and passive constructions -- 3.2.4.2 Passive morphology -- 3.2.5 As a verb introducing instruments -- 3.3 Summary -- Chapter 4. Diachronic development of GIVE and its functions in Cantonese -- 4.1 Studying the language of the past with authentic textual materials -- 4.2 Pre-modern Cantonese dialect materials -- 4.3 Functions of GIVE in pre-modern Cantonese -- 4.3.1 As a double-object verb -- 4.3.2 As a causative verb -- 4.3.3 As an IO marker -- 4.3.3.1 From [kʷͻ] to [pei] 畀 -- 4.3.3.2 Typological significance of go-type and give-type IO markers -- 4.3.3.3 Null IO marker in pre-modern Cantonese -- 4.3.4 As a passive marker -- 4.3.5 As a verb introducing instruments -- 4.3.5.1 Disappearance of the instrument marker function -- 4.4 Summary -- Part II. Word order change in Cantonese double-object construction -- Chapter 5. Word order typology of the double-object construction in Chinese dialects -- 5.1 Typological features in Northern and Southern Chinese grammar -- 5.2 Typology of double-object construction in Chinese dialects -- 5.2.1 The IO DO pattern -- 5.2.2 The DO IO pattern -- 5.3 Syntactic stratification in double-object construction -- 5.4 Double-object construction in Beijing Mandarin. , 5.4.1 The V DO 給 IO pattern in Beijing Mandarin -- 5.4.2 The 給 IO V DO pattern: A beneficiary or a double-object construction? -- 5.4.3 Summary -- 5.5 Double-object construction in the Yue dialects -- 5.6 Summary -- Chapter 6. Relationship between IO DO and DO IO patterns -- 6.1 Transformational approach -- 6.1.1 Does Cantonese have dative shift? -- 6.1.1.1 S. Tang (2003): Lack of dative shift in Cantonese -- 6.1.1.2 Peyraube (1981): Dative shift in Cantonese -- 6.2 Discourse approach -- 6.2.1 Discourse approach on Chinese double-object construction -- 6.2.2 Discourse approach on Cantonese double-object construction -- 6.3 Cognitive linguistics approach -- 6.4 An alternative explanation: A loan feature resulting from language contact -- Chapter 7. Ongoing word order change in Cantonese double-object construction -- 7.1 Sociolinguistic situation of Hong Kong -- 7.1.1 Status of Putonghua and Modern Standard Chinese in Hong Kong -- 7.1.2 What does "Chinese" mean in Hong Kong? -- 7.1.3 Contact with mainland China after the 1970s -- 7.1.4 Language attitude toward Putonghua -- 7.2 Fieldwork study on Cantonese double-object construction -- 7.3 Fieldwork data on Cantonese double-object construction -- 7.3.1 Background information of the forty informants -- 7.3.2 The production task -- 7.3.2.1 The V IO DO pattern -- 7.3.2.2 The V 畀 IO DO pattern -- 7.3.2.3 The 畀 IO V DO pattern -- 7.3.2.4 Summary of the production task -- 7.3.3 The perception task -- 7.3.3.1 The native pattern: V DO (畀) IO -- 7.3.3.2 The V IO DO and V 畀 IO DO patterns -- 7.3.3.3 The 畀 IO V DO pattern -- 7.3.3.4 Summary of the perception task -- 7.4 Development of Cantonese double-object construction -- Chapter 8. Concluding remarks and future work -- References -- Appendix 1. Survey of the syntactic functions of GIVE in Chinese dialects and neighboring non-Sinitic languages. , Appendix 2. List of pre-modern Cantonese dialect materials -- Appendix 3. Frequency distribution of double-object patterns in Wang Shuo's corpus -- Appendix 4. Double-object sentences with the IO DO pattern found in the pre-modern Cantonese dialect materials -- Appendix 5. Sentences used in the production task -- Appendix 6. Sentences used in the perception task -- Appendix 7. Information sheet for the fieldwork of the double-object construction in Hong Kong Cantonese -- Appendix 8. Non-native double-object sentence patterns used by the informants in the production task -- Index.

Additional Edition: Print version: Chin, Andy Chi-on Cantonese GIVE and Double-Object Construction Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2022 ISBN 9789027211040

Language: English

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