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DE IN Focus SENTENCES: FROM D TO T
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DE IN Focus SENTENCES: FROM D TO T
DOI link for DE IN Focus SENTENCES: FROM D TO T
DE IN Focus SENTENCES: FROM D TO T book
ByXiu-Zhi Zoe Wu
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2004
Imprint Routledge
Pages 41
eBook ISBN 9780203420645
ABSTRACT
This chapter sets out to investigate the syntactic and categorial status of the element de found in clause-final position in Mandarin Chinese cleft-type sentences such as (1), and also attempts to account for the alternation found where the object optionally appears positioned after de as in (2):
(1) wo shi zuotian mai piao de. I BE yesterday buy ticket DE
(2) wo shi zuotian mai de piao. I BE yesterday buy DE ticket
'It was yesterday that I bought the ticket.'
