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CO-VERBS IN MANDARIN CHINESE: VERBS OR PREPOSITIONS?
摘要
They are semantically like prepositions, but many of them are homophonous with verbs; because of these two properties, grammarians have not been able to agree on their classification. Since there is an evident similarity of certain co-verbs to verbs being due to the historical evolution of the present-day co-verbs from earlier verbs, the semantic arguments in favor of regarding co-verbs as prepositions are compelling. These arguments include the fact that co-verbs have prepositional meanings, and that sentences containing co-verbs are not two-clause sentences. A comparison with the two-clause 'serial verb' constructions in Mandarin makes this clear. The synchronic and diachronic facts regarding Mandarin co-verbs find an exact parallel in the Kwa languages of West Africa.
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