Title: Pivot Structures are Syntactic Serial Verb Structures
Abstract: Starting from clausal integration,this thesis demonstrates why pivot structures are a type of syntactic serial verb structure from the perspective of syntactic transformation,and further explains the grammaticalization of V1 constituents and their formal feature s.Mandarin Chinese has two kinds of syntactic serial verb structures;they are SS(Same Subject) serial verb structure and DS(Distinct Subject) serial verb structure.The two kinds of structures share transitional areas.Mandarin Chinese is a serial verbal language and serial verb structure is one of the typological characteristics of Mandarin Chinese.
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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