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Linguistics Colloquium Series: "Light verbs, prepositions and grammaticalization in Late Archaic Chinese" Edith Aldridge (University of Washington)

Late Archaic Chinese (LAC, 5 th – 3 rd centuries BCE) exhibited an interesting alternation in word order involving the morpheme 以 yǐ. YI was followed by a DP and could appear in preverbal (1a) or postverbal (1b) position. (a)  何可廢也？以羊易之。 (Mencius, Liang Hui Wang 1)       Hé      kě   fèi     yě?    Yǐ yáng    yì          zhī.       what POT stop STAT YI sheep change 3.OBJ       ‘How could we discontinue (the sacrifice)? Exchange it for a sheep.’ (b) 我非愛其財，而易之以羊也。 (Mencius, Liang Hui Wang 1)       Wǒ fēi         ài     qí         cái   ér       yì           zhī     yǐ  yáng   yě.       I      not.be love 3.GEN cost CONJ change 3.OBJ YI sheep STAT       ‘It is not that I care about the cost and exchanged it for a sheep.’ This presentation argues that preverbal YI was a light verb heading a high applicative phrase and selecting a DP in its specifier. YI came to precede this DP by moving to v. I argue for this analysis by showing that YI does not form a constituent with the DP it selects. Specifically,… Event interval: Single day event. Accessibility Contact: Andrew Hedding. Event Types: Academics. Friday, February 20, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Linguistics Faculty Meeting

Linguistics faculty meeting. ASL interpretation will be provided. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Guggenheim Hall (GUG). Campus room: GUG 415 L. Accessibility Contact: linguw@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Friday, March 6, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Linguistics Faculty Meeting

Linguistics faculty meeting. ASL interpretation will be provided. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Guggenheim Hall (GUG). Campus room: GUG 415 L. Accessibility Contact: linguw@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Friday, April 3, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.

Linguistics Faculty Meeting

Linguistics faculty meeting. ASL interpretation will be provided. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: Guggenheim Hall (GUG). Campus room: GUG 415 L. Accessibility Contact: linguw@uw.edu. Event Types: Meetings. Friday, May 1, 2026, 3:30 PM – 5:00 PM.