The Baseline/Elaboration Model for the Constructional Meaning of Chinese “V1OV2de” Construction

Abstract

Chinese “V1OV2de” construction has its special syntactic features. The traditional grammar of formal linguistics finds it difficult to analyse this atypical and marginal construction, but the theory of baseline/elaboration in Cognitive Grammar can provide a solution for it. The paper studies the constructional meaning of “V1OV2de” construction based on the theory of baseline/elaboration model. It draws a conclusion that “V1OV2de” construction has two constructional meanings: “cause-effect relationship” and “non-cause-effect relationship”. In addition, it also discusses the reasons why the verb appears for the second time in “V1OV2de” construction. The constructional meanings of “V1OV2de” construction are generated because of the two same verbs.