A Comparative Study Of Ditransitive Construction In Chinese And Korean

Ditransitive construction is universal in human languages. As one of syntactic structures, ditransitive construction consists of three arguments:the agent, dative a nd patient. Semantically, ditransitive construction means "the transfer of the patient between the agent and dative". This study compares various Chinese and Korean ditransitive constructions in terms of linguistic typology:First, it induces external form of Chinese and Korean ditransitive constructions. Next intrinsic meaning of Chinese and Korean ditransitive constructions is explored and classified into nine semantic types. Then, using a semanticmap model, the study compares Chinese d itransitive constructions with Korean ones, and finds distribution patterns of the d itransitive construction forms inconceptual space. It continues to examine similarit ies and differences between Chinese ditransitive constructions and Korean ones in three aspects:formof construction, meaning of construction and combination of v erb and form. At last, some opinions on teaching Chinese as a second language are suggested.