by Wang Lidi. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-127). / Acknowledgement --- p.iii / Abstract --- p.iv / Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter I --- " In Search of a Definition for ""Word""" --- p.6 / Chapter 1.1 --- Productivity --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2 --- Headedness --- p.9 / Chapter 1.3 --- Constraints on Word Structure --- p.26 / Chapter 1.4 --- A-N Constructions in Chinese: --- p.30 / Chapter 1.5 --- Anaphoric Island --- p.38 / Chapter Chapter II --- Morphological Properties of V-C Compounds --- p.46 / Chapter 2.1 --- VOCs ´ؤ A Misnomer --- p.46 / Chapter 2.2 --- Morphological Properties of V-C Compounds --- p.51 / Chapter 2.3 --- The Typology of V-C Constructions --- p.62 / Chapter Chapter III --- V-C Compounds as Noun Incorporation --- p.70 / Chapter 3.1 --- Syntactic and Lexical Derivations in Grammar --- p.72 / Chapter 3.2 --- Two Types of Causative Constructions --- p.74 / Chapter 3.3 --- V-C Compounds as Noun Incorporation --- p.78 / Chapter Chapter IV --- V-C Compound and Event Quantifier --- p.86 / Chapter 4.1 --- The Gerundive Derivation --- p.89 / Chapter 4.2 --- Position of the Event Quantifier --- p.92 / Chapter 4.3 --- V-C Compound and Event Quantifier --- p.97 / Chapter 4.4 --- The Double-object Construction --- p.107 / Chapter 4.5 --- Verb Reduplication --- p.115 / Conclusion --- p.119 / Notes --- p.122 / References --- p.125