Transitivity and Some Problems with the

Thompson, Sandra A.

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ERIC Number: EJ081620

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Publication Date: 1973

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Transitivity and Some Problems with the "ba" [Third Tone] Construction in Mandarin Chinese

Thompson, Sandra A.

Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1, 2, 208-221, May 73

A ba'' (Third Tone) sentence in Mandarin Chinese is typically described as one in which the direct object has been moved from normal post-verb position to pre-verb position and is preceded by the morpheme ba.'' (RS)

Descriptors: Case (Grammar), Diagrams, Function Words, Linguistic Theory, Mandarin Chinese, Sentence Structure, Transformational Generative Grammar, Verbs

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