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Chinese clefts mainly involve two patterns, the shi… de pattern and the bare shi pattern, and the shi… de pattern can be further categorized into the V–O–de pattern and the V–O–de …
This paper investigates the distinct functions associated with the copula morpheme and their distribution across Sinitic languages. Based on fieldwork on five Sinitic languages, an …
This paper draws attention to a robust grammatical change trajectory, here dubbed the copula-to-cleft pathway. We show that the emergence of the copular clause construction …
Elements of Exhaustivity: Exhaustiveness, Exclusiveness and Reasoning XUE, Bo A Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the R Page 1 Elements of Exhaustivity: Exhaustiveness …