Table 2 Mandarin applicatives: marked vs. unmarked
From: High applicatives are not high enough: a cartographic solution
Exclamative force | Speaker-orientedness | Unergative predicate | Pass. of IO | Pass. of DO | Static possession | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Marked | High: affective | Ok | Ok | Ok | * | * | * |
Low: benefactive | * | * | * | * | Ok | * | |
Unmarked | High: affective | * | * | * | Ok | * | Ok (implied) |
Low: benefactive | * | * | * | * | * | Ok (entailed) | |