ABSTRACT

In an extended causative construction, the second verb (i.e. next but one) after the causative verb may refer to either the object or the subject of the causative verb:

(1) Referring to the subject:

! Wn yub ta zài (lit. I make-appointment her at !"3 túshegukn library wait-for me, have one ! dlng wn, yNu mw letter want hand-over !5 yc fbng xìn yào give her) I asked her to wait

jiao gli ta. for me at the library, [as] I had a letter to pass on to her.