A diachronic study on the Mandarin complex directional complement guòlái ‘come over’ from the macro-event perspective

This study explores the diachronic development of the Mandarin complex directional complement guòlái ‘come over’ from the macro-event perspective. By analyzing data retrieved from the CCL corpus spanning 15 Chinese dynasties (1046 BCE-1920s), this study reveals that guòlái ‘come over’ can be initial...

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Main Authors: Yang Yuhang, Li Fuyin Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2025-05-01
Series:Cognitive Linguistics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/cog-2024-0026
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