@inproceedings{cade669996d148cd8c5cb9becbeeff59,
title = "YONG 用 as a Pro-verb in Taiwan Mandarin",
abstract = "This study investigates the semantics and grammatical function, as well as the possible source and development of the emerging use of YONG as a pro-verb in Taiwan Mandarin. In the [YONG + NP] construction, the NP must be a referring Patient object which is directly affected by the physical action designated by the “replaced verb”. This pro-V YONG may be a result of change induced by language contact with Taiwan Southern Min dialect. This change may involve relexification, grammaticalization or degrammaticalization, depending on the actual path of development of the pro-V YONG.",
keywords = "pro-verb, co-verb, diachronic construction grammar, relexification , contact-induced grammaticalization, degrammaticalization , Taiwan Mandarin, Taiwan Southern Min ",
author = "Meichun Liu and Ruiliang Xu",
year = "2012",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1007/978-3-642-36337-5\_54",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783642363368",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence)",
publisher = "Springer Berlin Heidelberg",
pages = "540--550",
editor = "Donghong Ji and Guozheng Xiao",
booktitle = "Chinese Lexical Semantics",
note = "13th Chinese Lexical Semantics Workshop (CLSW 2012) ; Conference date: 06-07-2012 Through 08-07-2012",
}