Verbs of Command and the Status of Their Embedded Complements in Chinese

This paper argues against Yue’s (1999) view that complements to verbs of commands (jiao ‘to ask/to tell,’ qing ‘to request,’ quan ‘to persuade,’ etc.) are embedded imperatives with a covert [+second person] subject pronoun. Evidence against the embedded imperative analysis include the presence of pa...

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Main Author: Colum Yip Chak-Lam
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Sciendo 2016
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/f9b839be01004de3a5fc751570ac4753
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