The Syntax of Mandarin

Bender, Emily

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ERIC Number: EJ605110

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 2000

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The Syntax of Mandarin "BA": Reconsidering the Verbal Analysis.

Bender, Emily

Journal of East Asian Linguistics, v9 n2 p105-45 Apr 2000

Presents the case for treating the "ba" construction in Mandarin Chinese as a verb, considering both language-internal arguments and arguments from universal properties of parts of speech. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: Grammar, Language Universals, Linguistic Theory, Mandarin Chinese, Structural Analysis (Linguistics), Uncommonly Taught Languages, Verbs

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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