Converbs and Adverbial Clauses: A Case Study in Cantonese
This paper investigates an understudied topic in adverbial clauses, converbs, which are verb forms that mark adverbial subordination. Focusing on converbal clauses in Cantonese, I show that they do not share a uniform syntax and should be divided into two classes, formed by central converbs (such as...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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2022-12-01
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| Series: | Studies in Chinese Linguistics |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.2478/scl-2022-0006 |