Transitivity and the BA Construction

IF 0.3 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Taiwan Journal of Linguistics Pub Date : 2010-06-01 DOI:10.6519/TJL.2010.8(1).4

Pei-Jung Kuo

引用次数: 6

Abstract

In this paper, I discuss the legitimacy of positing a Transitivity Projection (=TrP cf. Bowers 1993, 1997, 2001 and 2002) in the BA construction in Mandarin Chinese. BA has been proposed to be a semantically-bleached verb, inserted in the v position (Huang 1997 and Lin 2001). Several pieces of evidence such as manner adverbial placement (cf. Huang, Li and Li 2009) and GEI-insertion (cf. Tang 2001) indicate that there must be a functional projection between the vP and VP to host the BA NP. I propose that a TrP is probably the most apt candidate for the XP. I also argue, in contrast to the proposal by Huang, Li and Li (2009), that the present proposal which employs a TrP captures most of the properties of the BA construction. A comparison with the structure of the BEI construction also shows that the TrP proposal fits into the general picture of current linguistic theory on transitive constructions without extra stipulations.

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及物性与BA结构

在本文中，我讨论了在普通话BA结构中设置及物性投影的合法性(=TrP cf. Bowers 1993,1997,2001和2002)。BA被认为是一个语义漂白的动词，插入到v的位置(Huang 1997和Lin 2001)。方式状语放置(cf. Huang, Li and Li 2009)和gei插入(cf. Tang 2001)等证据表明，副语和副语之间必须有一个功能投射来承载BA NP。我认为TrP可能是XP最合适的候选。我还认为，与Huang, Li和Li(2009)的建议相反，目前采用TrP的建议抓住了BA结构的大部分属性。与BEI构式的结构对比也表明，TrP的建议符合目前语言学关于及物构式的总体理论，没有额外的规定。

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Taiwan Journal of Linguistics LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS-

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0.40

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20 weeks

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