SVC in Mandarin Chinese (Chang 2007)

SVC in Mandarin Chinese (Chang 2007)
Type	conference article
Author(s)	Jung-hsing Chang
Publication title	Linking semantics and syntax in Mandarin Serial Verbs: A role and reference grammar account
Publisher	Language and linguistics
ISBN	2007-0-008-001-000042-1
Annotator	Miaomiao Zhang
Corpus Link	SVC in Mandarin Chinese 2
Framework	role and reference grammar

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Keyterms

Serial Verb Construction, multiple predicates

Original Interlinear Glossed Text

张三哭醒了。. (4)RVC in which arg. of V1=arg. of V2 Zhangsan ku xing le. Zhangsan cry awake LE. 'Zhangsan was awake from crying.'	张三哭醒了李四。. (5)RVC in which arg. of V1 ≠ arg. of V2 Zhangsan ku xing le Lisi. Zhangsan cry awake LE Lisi. 'Lisi was awake from Zhangsan's crying.'	张三喝酒喝醉了。. (12)Verb-copying construction Zhangsan he jiu he zui le. Zhangsan drink wine drink drunk LE 'Zhangsan was drunk from drinking wine.'
张三唱歌唱哑了嗓子。. (14) RVC with no identical arguments Zhangsan chang ge chang ya le sangzi Zhangsan sing song sing hoarse LE throat 'Zhangsan sang songs and his throat became hoarse as a result.'	他倒酒给我们了。. (39) SVC in which 1st arg. of V1= 1st arg. of V2; 2nd arg. of V1 =2nd arg. of V2 Ta dao jiu gei women he. he pour wine GEI women drink 'He poured wine for us to drink.'	他脱袜子洗脚。. (40) SVC in which 1st arg. of V1 = 1st arg. of V2; 1st arg. of V1 ≠ 1st arg. of V2 Ta tuo wazi xi jiao. he take off socks wash feet 'He took off his socks to wash his feet.'
他脱袜子给我们洗脚。. (41) SVC with no idetical arguments Ta tuo wazi gei women xi jiao. he take off socks GEI we wash feet 'He took off his socks for us to wash his feet.'