Readers 读者
Verb compounds vs. directional verb compounds in Mandarin
北方方言结果与方向复合动词字之对比
John H-T. Lu 陆孝栋
Abstract 摘要
In this paper we have explored the interrelationship of syntax and semantics in two specific types of the Verb-Verb construction in Mandarin, namely, resultative verb compounds and directional verb compounds. We have argued against the traditional way of defining resultative verbs, which, we think, relies too much on a single syntactic criterion. Evidence has been presented to show that the so-called resultative verbs are actually made up of many different classes of Verb-Verb constructions, with each possessing a specific semantic implication on the basis of the second verb in the construction. This piece of semantic information is important in that it has close syntactic correlation, and it has been hitherto largely neglected in the analysis of resultative verbs.
Journal of Chinese Linguistics volume 5 (ISSN 0091-3723)
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