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The lexical semantics of motion verbs.

by Tan Lee Yong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-157). / Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter Chapter Two --- The Aspectual Properties of Motion Verbs / Chapter 2.0 --- Introduction --- p.8 / Chapter 2.1 --- The classification of verbs in English with regard to aspectual properties --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2 --- The classification of verbs in Chinese with regard to aspectual properties / Chapter 2.3 --- The aspectual properties of motion verbs --- p.26 / Chapter 2.4 --- Conclusion --- p.36 / Chapter Chapter Three --- The Ergativity of Motion Verbs / Chapter 3.0 --- Introduction --- p.38 / Chapter 3.1 --- What is ergativity? --- p.38 / Chapter 3.2 --- The semantic approach to ergativity --- p.41 / Chapter 3.3 --- The syntactic approach to ergativity --- p.46 / Chapter 3.4 --- The syntactic-semantic approach to ergativity --- p.49 / Chapter 3.5 --- The ergativity of motion verbs --- p.60 / Chapter 3.6 --- The interrelationship of ergativity and aspectuality of motion verbs --- p.66 / Chapter 3.7 --- Ergativity in Chinese --- p.78 / Chapter 3.8 --- Conclusion --- p.91 / Chapter Chapter Four --- Lexicalization Patterns of Motion Verbs / Chapter 4.0 --- Introduction --- p.94 / Chapter 4.1 --- What are lexicalization patterns? --- p.96 / Chapter 4.2 --- More on the properties of motion verbs --- p.97 / Chapter 4.3 --- Lexicalization patterns of motion verbs: a crosslinguistic review --- p.100 / Chapter 4.4 --- Lexicalization patterns of motion verbs in English --- p.112 / Chapter 4.5 --- Lexicalization patterns of motion verbs in Chinese --- p.121 / Chapter 4.6 --- Conclusion --- p.135 / Chapter Chapter Five --- Summary and Conclusion --- p.136 / Notes --- p.145 / References --- p.148 / Appendix 1 A comprehensive list of motion verbs in English --- p.158 / Appendix 2 A comprehensive list of motion verbs (roots only) in Chinese --- p.160

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_320522
Date January 1995
ContributorsTan, Lee Yong., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of English.
PublisherChinese University of Hong Kong
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, vi, 164 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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