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Linglib.Fragments.Mandarin.Resultatives

Mandarin Resultative Compound Fragment #

Lexical entries for Mandarin V-V resultative compounds and phase complements, parameterized by cross-linguistic types from Theories.Semantics.Causation.Resultatives.

Compound data #

Each V-V compound entry records V1, V2, result orientation, and realization type. Object-oriented compounds (dǎ-sǐ "hit-die") and subject-oriented compounds (kū-lèi "cry-tired") coexist productively — Mandarin does not enforce the Direct Object Restriction (DOR).

Phase complements #

A closed class of grammaticalized V2 morphemes with fixed CoSType semantics: dǎo 倒, wán 完, hǎo 好, diào 掉, zhù 住.

Cross-Module Connections #

PhaseComplement (the closed-class V2 morpheme enum) lives here rather than in Theories/: it enumerates Mandarin-specific morphemes (dǎo/wán/hǎo/diào/zhù), so the data is Mandarin-anchored. Cross-linguistic typological parameters (ResultativeRealization, ResultOrientation) remain in Theories.Semantics.Causation.Resultatives.

Mandarin phase complements: a closed class of grammaticalized V2 morphemes that fix the change-of-state semantics of the result. @cite{tay-2024} discusses these as a typologically distinctive Mandarin device.

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      Mapping from each phase complement to its CoSType semantics.

      wan → cessation models the activity-aspectual reading (P-during-event, ¬P-after = activity ceased), not a patient-result reading. The patient-result reading ("the food is gone") would require a separate .completion CoSType; cessation is the closest fit in the current taxonomy.

      dao → inception and hao → inception are both blunt fits: @cite{sybesma-2017} distinguishes -dao 到 (telos-attainment, "reach a goal") from -hao 好 (norm-attainment, "achieve a satisfactory state") and from -diao 掉 (patient-removal). All three are kinds of completion / event-endpoint, not inception; the taxonomy here is forced because CoSType lacks a .completion constructor. Refining CoSType with .completion (or .attainment) would let these be distinguished from genuine inceptives like start/begin, but the cross-linguistic blast radius (~20 consumers) makes that refactor a separate workstream.

      Additionally, the surface form dao covers two Mandarin morphemes written with different characters: 倒 'fall' (a directional/RVC use, e.g. tui-dao 'push over') and 到 'arrive/attain' (the phase-complement use, e.g. mai-dao 'succeed in buying'). The phase_dao entry below glosses 'fall', but Liu & Yip 2026 App. B treats the phase-complement -dao as 到. The conflation should be split when the substrate refactor lands.

      -- UNVERIFIED: Tay 2024's exact taxonomy of wan; the cessation classification is the project's best fit, not a literal citation. -- UNVERIFIED: dao/hao both → .inception; per @cite{sybesma-2017} these are completion/attainment, not inception.

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        A Mandarin V-V resultative compound lexical entry.

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              打死 dǎ-sǐ "hit-die" = "beat to death" (object-oriented).

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                打破 dǎ-pò "hit-break" = "break by hitting" (object-oriented).

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                  哭累 kū-lèi "cry-tired" = "cry oneself tired" (subject-oriented).

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                    吃饱 chī-bǎo "eat-full" = "eat until full" (subject-oriented).

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                      跑累 pǎo-lèi "run-tired" = "run oneself tired" (subject-oriented).

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                        哭湿 kū-shī "cry-wet" = "cry (handkerchief) wet" (object-oriented).

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                          推开 tuī-kāi "push-open" = "push open" (object-oriented).

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                            喝醉 hē-zuì "drink-drunk" = "drink oneself drunk" (subject-oriented).

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                                A phase complement lexical entry mapping form to PhaseComplement.

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