Semantic constraint on preposition incorporation of postverbal locative PPs in Mandarin Chinese

Other than subcategorized argument locative PPs (e.g. 放在桌子上 fàng zài zhuōzi-shàng ‘put on the table’), the postverbal position in Modern Mandarin Chinese can only be filled by limited types of adjunct locative prepositional phrases (e.g. 跳在桌子上 tiào zài zhuōzi-shàng ‘jump onto the table’). Among thes...

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Main Authors: Peck, Jeeyoung, Lin, Jingxia
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/136907
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English