A usage-based analysis of the causative verb shi in Mandarin Chinese Page 84 A Usage-Based
Analysis of shi in Mandarin Chinese 77 A Usage-Based Analysis of the Causative Verb shi in …

This thesis examines the categories of causative verbs in Mandarin Chinese, including two
corpus studies. Previous research has shown a tight relationship between the concept of …

This paper argues that the word order of adverbials can be captured only when the causal
clauses are analyzed as focus. Previous studies on Chinese causal sentences usually treat …

Analytic causative constructions with 使 shǐ 'make'and 让 ràng 'make, let', commonly used as
[NP1+ SHI/RANG+ NP2+ VP], are canonical constructions in Mandarin. Previous …

This paper analyzes Modern Mandarin Chinese causative sentence with transitivity. This
paper agree with the view, which is transitivity is not just limited to verbs, but associated with …

Defīning the causative construction as a construction that conveys the meaning'an event
causes another event', this paper describes various syntactic constructions that answer the …

This chapter surveys the interpretation and syntax of causal VVs in Mandarin, focusing on
the former. A causal VV is a predicate with two parts, a means predicate M, and a result …

Many scholars have looked into relevant problems concerning the usage of causatives in
their studies of Classical Chinese grammar. They find that, unlike the derivational system …

This study investigates the relationship between the formal semantic contribution of several
linguistic structures and nonformal pragmatic strategies. In investigating this problem three …

This research originates from the observation of the striking behaviour of Chinese1
compounding, which seems to form both right-headed and left-headed compounds (cf …