Revisiting the Development of the GIVE-Verb[pei-(1)]畀in Early Cantonese Texts
This paper analyzes the verb[pei(-1)]畀in Cantonese,drawing upon a study of Cantonese texts from the 19th and 20th centuries.The findings suggest that[pei(-1)]畀 was originally a verb denoting HOLD and TAKE.Corpus data indicates that the combination[pei(-1)]畀+dative OI might have emerged first in the construction VPnon-dative+[pei(-1)]畀([kuɔ(⊥)]过)+dative OI.Subsequently,[pei(-1)]畀+dative OI was extended to the GIVE-type prepositional complement VPGIVE+[kuɔ(⊥)]过/[pei(-1)]畀+dative OI,prompting the replacement of the dative marker[kuɔ(⊥)]过 with[pei(-1)]畀.
early textsGuangfu cluster of Yue group[pei(-1)]畀GIVE-verbditransitive constructions
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