Chapter 5
Word order typology of the double-object construction in Chinese dialects
Article outline
- 5.1Typological features in Northern and Southern Chinese grammar
- 5.2Typology of double-object construction in Chinese dialects
- 5.2.1The IO DO pattern
- 5.2.2The DO IO pattern
- 5.3Syntactic stratification in double-object construction
- 5.4Double-object construction in Beijing Mandarin
- 5.4.1The V DO 給 IO pattern in Beijing Mandarin
- 5.4.2The 給 IO V DO pattern: A beneficiary or a double-object construction?
- 5.4.3Summary
- 5.5Double-object construction in the Yue dialects
- 5.6Summary