The interpretation and prediction of event participants in Mandarin verb-final active and passive sentences

The role of the markers bèi and bǎ for thematic role assignment in Chinese NP1-marker-NP2-V sentences was investigated in adult native speakers. While word order is identical, thematic roles are distributed reversely in these structures [patient-bèi-agent, (passive); agent-bǎ-patient, (active)]....

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Main Author: Gerwien, Johannes (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 04 November 2019
In: Journal of cultural cognitive science
Year: 2019, Volume: 3, Issue: 2, Pages: 257-283
ISSN:2520-1018
DOI:10.1007/s41809-019-00049-x
Online Access:Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41809-019-00049-x
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