汉语小句句法研究

Contents

Descriptive Abstract in Chinese.................................................................................................I English Abstract.................................................................................................................................II Contents.................................................................................................................................................I V Abbreviations....................................................................................................................................V II List of Diagrams............................................................................................................................V III Introduction. (1)

Research Background (1)

Research Objectives and Research Questions (1)

Research Methods (2)

Significance of the Research (3)

Organization of the Thesis (3)

Chapter One Chinese Small Clause (5)

1.1Defining Chinese Small Clause (5)

1.1.1Constituency Tests (7)

1.1.2Subject-predicate Relationship in Chinese Small Clause (9)

1.1.3Verbal Small Clause (11)

1.2Classifying Chinese Small Clause (14)

1.2.1Propertities of Predicates (14)

1.2.2Grammatical Functions (15)

1.2.3Semantic Roles (16)

Chapter Two Literature Review (19)

2.1The Issues of Categorial Status (19)

2.1.1Small Clause Theory Analysis (19)

2.1.2Predication Theory Analysis (25)

2.1.3Formal Grammar Analysis (26)

2.2Syntactic Characteristics and Distribution (28)

Chapter Three Theoretical Framework (31)

3.1Case Theroy (31)

3.2VP-shell Theory (33)

3.2.1Larson’s Proposal (33)

3.2.2Chomsky’s Revised VP-shell (35)

Chapter Four Syntactic Analysis of Chinese Small Clause (38)

4.1Syntactic Properties of Chinese Small Clause (38)

4.1.1Different Representations of Subjects (38)

4.1.2Lack of Complementizer (39)

4.1.3Incomplete Inflection (40)

4.1.4Word Order in Nominal Small Clause (41)

4.2Deriving Chinese Small Clause (42)

4.2.1ECM Structure (43)

4.2.2SVOC Structure (49)

4.2.3Raising Structure (53)

4.2.4Existential Strcuture (55)

4.2.5Double Object Structure (56)

Clause e (59)

Chapter Five A Comparison with English Small Claus

5.1The Similarities of Small Clause between Chinese and English (59)

5.1.1Syntactic Features of Small Clause (59)

5.1.2Distribution of Small Clause (63)

5.2The Differences of Small Clause between Chinese and English (65)

5.2.1Small Clause in Resultatives (66)

5.2.2Small Clause in There-be Structures (68)

Conclusion (71)

Works Cited (74)

nts (78)

Acknowledgme

Acknowledgments

Appendix:Cited Chinese Example

Examples s (80)

Informative Abstract in Chinese (85)

sumééand Publications since Entering the Program (88)

Résum

Abbreviations

Abbreviations SC:small clause

XP:x phrase

AP:adjective phrase

NP:noun phrase

PP:prepositional phrase

VP:verb phrase

IP:inflectional phrase

Spec:specifier

DP:determiner phrase

PrP:predication phrase

AgrP:agreement phrase

TP:tense phrase

vP:light verb phrase

EPP:extended projection principle

TG:transformational grammar

SVOC:subject+verb+object+complement ECM:exceptional case marking