Title: A Study on Theta-marking,Case-marking and Categorial Status of Objects in Chinese Transitive Clauses and Unaccusative Clauses
Abstract:In terms of the objects in Chinese transitive clauses and unaccusative clauses,a matching relation isproposed in this article among theta-role,case-marking,and categorial status.The objects in transit...In terms of the objects in Chinese transitive clauses and unaccusative clauses,a matching relation isproposed in this article among theta-role,case-marking,and categorial status.The objects in transitive clauses cannbe either DP or QP(categorial status),for they are theta-marked as PATIENTS and are assigned accusative case,whereas the objects in unaccusative clauses can only be QP,for they are theta-marked as EXITANT and are as-signed partitive case.Such a minimalist tenet of NPs'matching relation in terms of semantic content,phoneticform,and structure make-up should be extended to subjects,direct/indirect objects in other clauses.Read More
Publication Year: 2011
Publication Date: 2011-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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