Overview
Provides one of the best analyses of the Mandarin V-V resultative
Presents a systematic analysis and addresses all the (three) major properties of this construction in one work, which has not been done previously
Discusses a nice and successful application of the current generative theories (Minimalist Program and Distributed Morphology) to the analysis of Mandarin Chinese
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This book addresses the three fundamental properties of V-V resultative constructions in Mandarin Chinese: their generation, their syntactic structure, and their alternations. This book is original and new in the following aspects. First, adopting the ‘inner vs. outer domain’ theory, it provides new analysis and evidence that these compounds are generated in syntax, not in lexicon. Second, this book argues that the two subclasses of V-V resultative constructions, object-oriented vs. subject-oriented V-V resultatives, actually have different structures. Their syntactic contrasts have not been observed in the literature before. Third, this book is new in determining the syntactic structure of the V-V resultative constructions through their adverbial modification properties. It demonstrates that the previous isomorphism analysis of the syntactic structure of Chinese V-V resultatives does not hold. Finally, this book provides a new analysis of the issue of the alternations of V-V resultatives. In contrast to previous analyses, which generally view the causative alternation as the idiosyncratic property of particular V-V compounds, this book provides a principled analysis.
This book makes a substantial improvement of the current understanding of the issues in the syntax of Mandarin Chinese and gives new support to certain theories of the generative grammar from the perspective of Mandarin Chinese.
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Book Title: The Syntax of V-V Resultatives in Mandarin Chinese
Authors: Jianxun Liu
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6846-0
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6845-3Published: 02 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-33-6848-4Published: 03 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-981-33-6846-0Published: 01 March 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 125
Number of Illustrations: 170 b/w illustrations
Topics: Syntax, Linguistics, general