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<jats:p> This article demonstrates that double object constructions in Archaic Chinese display both patterns of direct and indirect object marking (DO+IO) and primary and secondary object marking (PO+SO). We propose two constraints to account for the grammatical distribution of GIVE verbs in the double object construction with PO+SO marking in Archaic Chinese. The first constraint is syntactic and explains why verbs like <jats:italic>xiàn ?</jats:italic> 'offer' cannot occur in the double object construction with PO+SO marking, unless the semantic role of recipient is available for mapping onto direct object in a monotransitive clause. A second constraint on animacy is proposed to explain the low frequency of two animate, particularly two human NPs, in the postverbal position for verbs like <jats:italic>qī ?</jats:italic> 'marry'. </jats:p>
Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale / Oriental Languages and Linguistics – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2008
Keywords: Key words : double-object construction, direct object, indirect object, primary object, secondary object, Archaic Chinese.
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