<div dir="ltr">Hi Ian,<div><br></div><div>I don't know where you get (3). As a native speaker of Mandarin Chinese, I do not think (3) is acceptable. Instead, the second <i>bei</i> should be replaced by <i>gei</i> in order to become a grammatical sentence. </div><div><br></div><div>(3) Zhangsan bei-Lisi <b><i style=""><font color="#9900ff">bei-</font></i></b>da-le.<br>Zhangsan PASS-Lisi PASS-hit-PRF<br>`Zhangsan was hit by Lisi.'<br></div><div><br></div><div>Should be changed to:</div><div>Zhangsan bei-Lisi <font color="#9900ff"><i><b>gei</b></i>-</font>da-le.<br>Zhangsan PASS-Lisi <font color="#9900ff">give</font>-hit-PRF<br>`Zhangsan was hit by Lisi.' <br></div><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Hsiu-chuan</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 28, 2021 at 10:26 PM JOO, Ian [Student] <<a href="mailto:ian.joo@connect.polyu.hk">ian.joo@connect.polyu.hk</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<div dir="auto">Dear typologists,<br>
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I wonder if you are aware of any language whose passive construction marks both the agent and the verb.<br>
For example, in Mandarin, the agent receives the passive marker <em>bei.</em><br>
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(1) Zhangsan bei-Lisi da-le.<br>
Zhangsan PASS-Lisi hit-PRF<br>
`Zhangsan was hit by Lisi.'<br>
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When the agent is omitted, the verb receives <em>bei</em>.<br>
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(2) Zhangsan bei-da-le.<br>
Zhangsan PASS-hit-PRF<br>
`Zhangsan was hit.'<br>
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But, in some occasions, both the agent and the verb receive <em>bei</em>:<br>
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(3) Zhangsan bei-Lisi bei-da-le.<br>
Zhangsan PASS-Lisi PASS-hit-PRF<br>
`Zhangsan was hit by Lisi.'<br>
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Are you aware of any other language where a construction like (3) is possible?<br>
The only one I am aware of at the moment is Vietnamese.<br>
I would greatly appreciate any help.</div>
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<div dir="auto">Ian</div>
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