by Belinda Nga Yee Wong. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 111-116). / Acknowledgements --- p.iv / Chapter CHAPTER ONE: --- INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER TWO: --- THEORETICAL BACKGROUND --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- θ-Theory and Arguments --- p.7 / Chapter 2.3 --- Argument Structure / Lexical Syntactic Representation --- p.10 / Chapter 2.4 --- Lexical Syntactic Representation --- p.10 / Chapter 2.5 --- Summary --- p.20 / Chapter CHAPTER THREE: --- ENGLISH RESULTATIVES --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2 --- Features of English Resultatives --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Categories for Resultative Phrase --- p.23 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Resultative Phrase as Complement --- p.26 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Transitive Resultatives --- p.29 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- Intransitive Resultatives --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2.5 --- Subject of Predicate Expression --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2.6 --- Syntactic Structure of Resultatives in the Literature --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2.7 --- Change-of-State Linking Rule --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3 --- Incompatibility of Verbs with Resultatives --- p.47 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Classification of Verbs --- p.47 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Incompatibility of Resultative Phrases with Stative Verbs --- p.49 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Resultative Phrases as Delimiters --- p.50 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Incompatibility of Resultative Phrases with Verbs of Inherently Directed Motion --- p.51 / Chapter CHAPTER FOUR : --- A PREDICATION THEORY FOR ENGLISH RESULTATIVES --- p.53 / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.53 / Chapter 4.2 --- Bowers' Syntax of Predication --- p.57 / Chapter 4.3 --- An Extension of Bowers' Predication Theory to English Resultative Constructions --- p.60 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Introduction of Double Predication Structure --- p.60 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- The Notion of Causativity --- p.61 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- More about Conflation and Resultative Verbs --- p.62 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Weakness of Bowers' Structure --- p.65 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- A Modified Structure for Intransitive Resultatives with an Unergative --- p.65 / Chapter 4.3.6 --- A Suggested Structure for Transitive Resultatives --- p.67 / Chapter 4.3.7 --- A Suggested Structure for Intransitive Resultatives with an Ergative --- p.69 / Chapter 4.4 --- Concluding Remarks --- p.72 / Chapter CHAPTER FIVE: --- CANTONESE RESULTATIVE CONSXRUCTIONS --- p.73 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.73 / Chapter 5.2 --- Dou-Constructions --- p.76 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- The Syntactic Properties of Dou-constructions --- p.76 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Null Elements in Cantonese --- p.82 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- The Status of V1 --- p.83 / Chapter 5.3 --- Directional Complements --- p.87 / Chapter 5.4 --- Summary --- p.89 / Chapter CHAPTER SIX: --- A PREDICATION THEORY FOR CANTONESE RESULTATIVES --- p.90 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.90 / Chapter 6.2 --- The Syntactic Derivations of Dou-Resultative Constructions with Intransitive --- p.90 / Chapter 6.3 --- The Syntactic Derivations of Dou-Resultative Constructions with Transitive --- p.93 / Chapter 6.3.1 --- Base Positions for NP2 and NP3 --- p.95 / Chapter 6.3.2 --- Redupiication and V' Constraint --- p.98 / Chapter 6.4 --- Passive Resultatives --- p.100 / Chapter 6.5 --- A Note on Resultative Dou-Constructions with a Causative --- p.105 / Chapter 6.6 --- A Remark on V-V Compounds --- p.107 / Chapter 6.7 --- Summary --- p.109 / REFERENCES --- p.111
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_321861 |
| Date | January 1997 |
| Contributors | Wong, Belinda Nga Yee., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of English. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, vii, 116 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use 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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