Chapter 4
Diachronic development of give and its functions in Cantonese
Article outline
- 4.1Studying the language of the past with authentic textual materials
- 4.2Pre-modern Cantonese dialect materials
- 4.3Functions of give in pre-modern Cantonese
- 4.3.1As a double-object verb
- 4.3.2As a causative verb
- 4.3.3As an IO marker
- 4.3.3.1From [kʷͻ] 過 to [pei] 畀
- 4.3.3.2Typological significance of go-type and give-type IO markers
- 4.3.3.3Null IO marker in pre-modern Cantonese
- 4.3.4As a passive marker
- 4.3.5As a verb introducing instruments
- 4.3.5.1Disappearance of the instrument marker function
- 4.4Summary