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The Mandarin VP deals with a number of constructions in Mandarin
Chinese which involve the main verb and the material following it,
like the object NPs, resultative phrases, durative expressions and
other elements. The basis claim defended in this book is that all
elements that follow the main verb in a Mandarin sentence form one
single constituent which functions as the complement of the verb.
The Mandarin VP offers new and original analyses of such hot issues
as resultative constructions, the ba-construction and verb-le. In
addition, the conclusions drawn from the research into Mandarin
syntax are discussed in more general theoretic terms, which leads
to original proposals regarding the internal make-up of
accomplishments and the status of Theta Theory. The research
reported on in this book was concluded within the bounds of
mainstream generative theorizing. The Mandarin VP is of interest to
all syntacticians, especially those interested in Chinese.
This book contains 14 articles by Teun Hoekstra (1953-1998) on core
issues in syntactic theory. Some articles focus on the structure of
DP, others on the structure of the sentence as a whole, while
others still deal explicitly with the parallels between the two.
The papers are distributed over four sections: "Argument
structure", "T-chains", "The morpho-syntax of verbal and nominal
projections" and "Small clauses". More than half of the articles in
this book are published here for the first time or appear for the
first time in English. Hoekstra's work is characterized by a
fundamental interest in the central questions of syntactic theory,
most notably the relation between argument structure and X-bar
structure. This concentrated interest led to a deep understanding
of the notion of transitivity, with respect to both the status of
the external argument and that of the internal argument, where
"status" refers to both the content and the licensing. In this
collection of papers, Hoekstra reports on his insights in these
matters. As far as content and licensing of the external argument
is concerned, this collection contains papers on the relation
between passives and their active counterparts, the parallels
between possessives and transitives and the differences and
similarities between past participles and infinitives. As to the
internal argument, we find papers addressing sentential
complementation, verbal affixation and resultatives. And there is a
whole section on tense, and its role in keeping the sentence
together. One of the papers in this collection is Hoekstra's
classic, but hitherto unpublished "Small clauses everywhere" (more
than 70 pages), which summarizes Hoekstra's views on such issues as
resultatives, particle verbs and double object constructions.
The Glot International State-of-the-Article books constitute the
ideal solution for every-one who wants to have a good idea of what
the others are doing but does not have time to follow the
developments in all other parts of the field on a day to day basis.
All articles were previously published in Glot International and
have been revised and updated, and special attention was given to
the extensive bibliography, which constitutes an important part of
each overview article. Among the essays in the first volume are
overview articles dealing with VP ellipsis (by Kyle Johnson),
Ergativity (by Alana Johns), tone (by San Duanmu), acquisition of
phonology (by Paula Fikkert), and semantic change (by Elizabeth
Closs Traugott). The second volume offers articles on subjects
ranging from the development of grammars (by David Lightfoot) and
markedness in phonology (by Keren Rice) to the syntactic
representation of linguistic events (by Sara Thomas Rosen),
optionality in Optimality syntax (by Gereon Muller) and the nature
of coordination (by Ljiljana Progovac).
The Glot International State-of-the-Article books constitute the
ideal solution for everyone who wants to have a good idea of what
the others are doing but does not have time to follow the
developments in all other parts of the field on a day to day basis.
All articles were previously published in Glot International and
have been revised and updated, and special attention was given to
the extensive bibliography, which constitutes an important part of
each overview article. Among the essays in the first volume are
overview articles dealing with VP ellipsis (by Kyle Johnson),
Ergativity (by Alana Johns), tone (by San Duanmu), acquisition of
phonology (by Paula Fikkert), and semantic change (by Elizabeth
Closs Traugott). The second volume offers articles on subjects
ranging from the development of grammars (by David Lightfoot) and
markedness in phonology (by Keren Rice) to the syntactic
representation of linguistic events (by Sara Thomas Rosen),
optionality in Optimality syntax (by Gereon Muller) and the nature
of coordination (by Ljiljana Progovac).
The Mandarin VP deals with a number of constructions in Mandarin
Chinese which involve the main verb and the material following it,
like the object NPs, resultative phrases, durative expressions and
other elements. The basis claim defended in this book is that all
elements that follow the main verb in a Mandarin sentence form one
single constituent which functions as the complement of the verb.
The Mandarin VP offers new and original analyses of such hot issues
as resultative constructions, the ba-construction and verb-le. In
addition, the conclusions drawn from the research into Mandarin
syntax are discussed in more general theoretic terms, which leads
to original proposals regarding the internal make-up of
accomplishments and the status of Theta Theory. The research
reported on in this book was concluded within the bounds of
mainstream generative theorizing. The Mandarin VP is of interest to
all syntacticians, especially those interested in Chinese.
Also available online. The Encyclopedia of Chinese Language and
Linguistics offers a systematic and comprehensive overview of the
languages of China and the different ways in which they are and
have been studied. It provides authoritative treatment of all
important aspects of the languages spoken in China, today and in
the past, from many different angles, as well as the different
linguistic traditions in which they have been investigated. In more
than 500 articles, written by major specialists in the field, the
Encyclopedia offers a synthesis of the most important research in
Chinese linguistics and up-to-date bibliographical coverage. As
such it is the prime reference source for information on: * the
lexicon, syntax, and sound structure of the Sinitic and non-Sinitic
languages of China, including sign languages * the history of
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Chinese linguistics, both indigenous and Western traditions * the
sociolinguistic situation, language contact, and language variation
* psycho- and neurolinguistic studies on Chinese, including first
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