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1 Chinese Syn-Compounds: Data & Issues c. Word order Unlike the English Syn-Compounds, which invariably exhibit the N-V order, Chinese have two orders, N-V and V- N: (6) V-N order Xiu che xiu che gong Repair truck repair truck labourer ‘trucking repairing’ ‘truck repairer’
1 Chinese Syn-Compounds: Data & Issues d. Optional ORIGINATOR interpretation Borer (2012, forthcoming) points out that for the English ING Syn-Compounds, if the non-head is the internal argument of verb, then the verb should have a transitive reading. But this is not the case in Chinese: (7) No one knows when the boat sinking happened. (8) Ta jingli guo chen chuan he experience Perf. sink boat ‘He once experienced the sinking of the boat’ (the boat either sank by itself or was sunk by someone.)
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