Shin Mi-kyong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2005. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 90-94). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Contents --- p.3 / List of Figures --- p.4 / List of Tables --- p.5 / Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.6 / Chapter 1.1 --- Nominalizers in some East Asian languages --- p.7 / Chapter 1.2 --- Forms and functions of four East Asian nominalizers --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Linker --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Pronominalization --- p.12 / Chapter 1.3 --- Grammaticalization of East Asian nominalizers --- p.14 / Chapter 1.4 --- Research questions and organization of the thesis --- p.15 / Chapter 1.5 --- Abbreviation --- p.16 / Chapter 2 --- Development of Korean nominalizing system --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1 --- Two distinct properties of Korean nominalizers --- p.17 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- "Korean Linking morphemes -n, -neun, -l" --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- """Bound noun"" geot" --- p.19 / Chapter 2.2 --- Degrees of nominalization --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Linker to Pronominal --- p.21 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Pronominal to Nominalizer --- p.24 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Nominalizer to Stance marker --- p.26 / Chapter 2.3 --- Competition from other nominalizers --- p.28 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Nominalizer -(o/u)m --- p.28 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Competition with Middle Korean *-n/do/ --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Korean Linkers -eui and -n --- p.31 / Chapter 2.4 --- Summary --- p.33 / Chapter 3 --- Development of Japanese no --- p.35 / Chapter 3.1 --- Syntactic behavior of no --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2 --- Diachronic perspectives on no --- p.40 / Chapter 3.3 --- Summary --- p.44 / Chapter 4 --- Mandarin de and Cantonese ge --- p.45 / Chapter 4.1 --- Synchronic descriptions --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1.1 --- Dual properties of Mandarin de and Cantonese ge --- p.46 / Chapter 4.1.2 --- Zhu's classification of Mandarin de --- p.47 / Chapter 4.1.3 --- [Demonstrative + Classifier] structure in Cantonese --- p.49 / Chapter 4.1.4 --- ge insertion after Classifier in Cantonese --- p.50 / Chapter 4.1.5 --- Nominalization and further development in Mandarin de --- p.50 / Chapter 4.2 --- Diachronic perspectives --- p.53 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Competition between Classifier and Demonstrative pronoun --- p.54 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- From Classifier to nominalizer: Cantonese go --- p.55 / Chapter 4.3 --- Summary --- p.56 / Chapter 5 --- Some solutions on their incompatibilities --- p.58 / Chapter 5.1 --- Definiteness in Nominalizers --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Type I Determiners: Linking morphemes --- p.59 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Type II Determiners: Pronominals --- p.64 / Chapter 5.2 --- Nominalized complementation in Japanese and Korean --- p.68 / Chapter 5.3 --- Further extension to Cleft and Stance --- p.74 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Unidirectional pathway view --- p.74 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Sentential pronominal to Cleft construction --- p.76 / Chapter 5.3.3 --- Cleft to stance --- p.78 / Chapter 5.4 --- Tense/Aspect reflected on Adnominal systems --- p.80 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Spell-outs of time in Korean linking morphemes --- p.80 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Infinitival RC --- p.82 / Chapter 5.5 --- Summary --- p.83 / Chapter 6 --- Conclusion --- p.85 / References --- p.87