Mandarin Chinese Verbs as Verbal Items in Uyghur Mixed
Mandarin Chinese Verbs as Verbal Items in Uyghur Mixed

Summary/Abstract: The use of Mandarin Chinese action words in Uyghur-Mandarin code-exchange by local Uyghur speakers is investigated in this paper. Unfamiliar verbal things have been claimed to be treated as ostensible in the host language in various language contact situations with comparable action word blending. Nonetheless, I contend that Mandarin action words are still treated as a verbal class by Uyghur speakers for four reasons, based on models from individual correspondences with Uyghur speakers and my own elicitations: (1) In Uyghur, Mandarin action words project their disagreement structure; (2) the Mandarin perfective aspectual molecule le is uncommonly associated with a subset of Mandarin action words; (3) the Uyghur expressing marker - la can't be joined to Mandarin action words; and (4) the Uyghur accusative case marker - ni can't be joined to Mandarin action words.

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