The Mandarin VP by Rint Sybesma

The Mandarin VP by Rint Sybesma

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.

From the reviews:

"As a detailed examination of the syntax of the Mandarin VP, this book is an absolute must for anyone working in the field of Chinese syntax" (Catrin Rhys, Journal of Linguistics, 2002)

Sjef Barbiers is Researcher at the Meertens Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands. Jenny Doetjes is Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Linguistics at Utrecht, Netherlands. Marcel den Dikken is Professor of Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics at the CU New York, USA. Gertjan Postma is Researcher at theUniversity of Nijmegen, Netherlands. Rint Sybesma is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Leiden, Netherlands. Guido J. Vanden Wyngaerd teaches at the Department of binnen Germanic Languages and Linguistics at the KU Brussels, Belgium.

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ISBN 13	9780792354628
ISBN 10	0792354621
Title	The Mandarin VP
Author	Rint Sybesma
Series	Studies In Natural Language And Linguistic Theory
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Kluwer Academic Publishers
Year published	1998-12-31
Number of pages	233
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