Table 1 Mandarin applicatives in three tiers
From: High applicatives are not high enough: a cartographic solution
Exclamative force | Speaker-orientedness | Unergative predicate | Pass. of IO | Pass. of DO | Static possession | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
High | Affective | Ok | Ok | Ok | * | * | * |
Middle | Benefactive | * | * | * | * | Ok | * |
Affective | * | * | * | Ok | * | Ok (implied) | |
Low | Benefactive | * | * | * | * | * | Ok (entailed) |