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Purpose Clauses
Language:
Mandarin
Feature:
Purpose Clauses
by
Sonia Cristofaro
Value:
Balanced
Examples
Sentence igt-2559:
nĭ gui ̀-xialai [qiú Zháng-san]
nĭ
you
gui ̀-xialai
kneel.down
[qiú Zháng-san]
beg Zhang-san
You knelt down in order to beg Zhang-san.
Sentence igt-2560:
nĭ gui ̀-xialai qiú Zháng-san
nĭ
you
gui ̀-xialai
kneel.down
qiú Zháng-san
beg Zhang-san
You knelt down and begged Zhang-san.
References
Li and Thompson 1981
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