Alessia Cherici

A Corpus-based Study of Chinese RVC qilai and Its Interaction with State Predicates

2019 · The Knowledge Bank (The Ohio State University)

This study expands on Xiao and McEnery's (2004) theory of aspect by investigating the interaction of qilai, whose main function is that of directional Resultative Verb Complement (RVC) meaning 'up/upward,' with verbal aspect and situation …