To use and to cause: Shi-Yong "to use" and the derivation of indirect causation in Chinese

Journal of Chinese Linguistics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 140-163

  Sun, Chaofen ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Causative; History of Chinese; Semantic change; Shiyong; Zhuo

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749552927     PISSN: 00913723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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