The Stative Complex Predicate Constructions in Longxi Qiang
Construction Grammar assumes grammatical units as a pairing of form and meaning.In this article,we analyze the stative complex predicate constructions in Longxi Qiang on the basis of natural data from the perspective of Construction Grammar.We investigate the semantic contents and strategies recruited by the stative complex predicate constructions.A stative complex predicate construction is composed of two predicates,one of which indicates the stative concept.In terms of semantic contents,this construction can express the result caused by an action and describe the state of an event or the manner of an action.The strategies for stative complex predicate constructions in Longxi Qiang include coordinate impersonal,converbs,participles and adverbials.
Longxi Qiangmorphosyntaxstative complex predicate constructionsConstruction Grammarstrategies for expressing constructional functions