The syntax of psycho-collocations in Hakha Lai
This paper investigates the unique property of the syntax of psycho-collocations in Lai which allows an ambitransitivity analyzed as a kind of grammaticalization. The author claims that this syntactic phenomenon is possible because the syntax is constructed around the possessor of the psycho-n...
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| Language: | English |
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2024
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/177714 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | This paper investigates the unique property of the syntax of psycho-collocations in
Lai which allows an ambitransitivity analyzed as a kind of grammaticalization. The
author claims that this syntactic phenomenon is possible because the syntax is
constructed around the possessor of the psycho-nouns who remains the
psychological reference regardless of whether the stimulus is expressed by a subject
or an object clitic. |
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