Kan ge zixi and kan de zixi: distinction between post-verbal ge and de on construction grammar account

Abstract

This research aims to identify particles ge and de in post-verbal position when followed by descriptive expressions with Construction Grammar approach. These two particles are studies in separate constructions and these two constructions in which ge and de occur show distinct syntactic behaviours as well as different semantic properties. Therefore, ge and de do not have the same function in postverbal position because the constructions they construct are different.