Proceedings of the 21st North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics (NACCL-21). 2009.

Volume 2. Edited by Yun Xiao. Smithfield, Rhode Island: Bryant University. Pages 417-435.

NP+V/NP1+V+NP2/V+NP
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(1) a. The baby cried loudly.

b. An accident happened.
c. The door opened behind him.

NP+V
NP

(1) a. The baby cried loudly. *There cried the baby loudly.
b. An accident happened. There happened an accident.
*The heavy fog happened an accident.
c. The door opened behind him. Behind him opened the door.
John opened the door.

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2a. *
b. *
c.

3a.
b. His father died. *died his father.
*He died his father

1.

Perlmutter Unaccusative
Hypothesis
unaccusative verbsburn, freeze, happen, shine, stop
unergative verbs work, play speak, cough, sleep,
cry

Burzio Perlmutter

[IP NP [VP V ] ] [IP [ VP V

NP ]

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3

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2001
break,
melt, drop, float appear, occur, happen, exist
2004

1996

Burzio

[Spec IP]

1V+NP NP
1
NP V inherent case NP
200719992000
2005
2
NP1+V+NP2 NP1
1999200120002
3
2007 2005

V NP
2

NP [D]
NP
3
NP1 NP1+NP2+VV

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(1) V NP

NP+V NP NP
(2)
NP1
(3)

2006

blending

2008

13 18

2.

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4a.
b.
5a.
b.

5b

6
7

ergative
cause, bring about, create

8
9*

8
98

10
11
12

NPL+V+NP10

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NP V V
11
12
NPL+V+NP

NPL

A
B
C

V+NPNP+VNP1+V+NP2
NP1+V+NP2 V

NP2+V V

3
3.1.
3.1.

AV+NP
Extended Projection Principle/EPP
EPP
V+NP

13a.
b. *arrived the guestsThere arrived the guests
14a.
b. *appeared the moon There appeared the moon
15a.
b. *escaped the prisoner There escaped the prisoner

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16 a.
b.*exists a problemThere exists a problem

NP V there1316
b V NP

1
BNP +V+NP

17a.
b. *The party arrived many guests.
18a.
b. *The sky appeared the moon
19a.
b. *The riot escaped the prisoner.
20a.
b. *The residents exist a problem.

3.2.

NP+V

[IP i [VP t i ]]

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V [Spec IP]

NP1+V+NP2

NP NP1 NP2

NP

NP +V+NP
NP1 NP
+V+NPNP1+V+NP2
NP1

NP1 V NP

21
22
23
24
25
26

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NP1 NP2 1999

2000
NP2
2000
t NP

V NP2
NP1 NP2

27
28
29
30

NP1 basic generation

2007 20052005

V NP1+V+NP2
NP1
1NP1
[Spec vP]
V NP2 V V
NP2 [Spec VP] v

V+NP+

EXPERIENCE NP1
21-30 NP1
NP1 NP1
NP1 V+NP2

1
Chomsky
(affix)

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NP1 NP2 NP1

NP2
NP1 NP2

21-26

[IP k [vP t k jExp[VP i [t j t i ] ] ] ]

[Spec VP][v v]

NP1+V+NP2 EXPERIENCE
CAUSE NP1

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31a. b.
32a. b.
33a. 1 b.

a
NP1+V+NP2 NP1

[IP k [ vP t k jCAUSE[VP i [ t j t i ] ] ] ]

NP1+V+NP2 NP1

vP

[IP k [vP t k jCAUSE[VP Exp[ i [t j t i ] ] ] ] ]

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34*
35*

36*
37
38

38[vP [VP i [ ti ] ] ]

(
V+NP
NP V

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apparent unaccusative

NP V 1

2007 199920002005

V NP

NP+V V
NP

V+NP
NP1 NP

V+NP
V+NP

V+NP
[IP
NP k [vp tk jEXPERIENCE[VP i [ t j t i ] ] ] ][Spec IP]

V+NP

V+NPNP+VNP1+V+NP2
V NP V
V+NPVP+N
NP1 NP1

V+NP
V V+NP

1
there2007 V
NP there

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EXPERIENCE 1

3.3.
3.3.

NP+VNP1+V+NP2NP1
NP2 [Spec VP]V v
V+NPNP1+V+NP2 NP

4.

2005

A

NP++NP2005
450 217 52

39
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40

NP
++NP

41


42
43

44

45

46/

NP+
NP ++NPNP ++NP

B
NP1+V+NP2V

47
48

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50

51


V2

52

V1++V1+NP+

NP1+V+NP2 NP1

NP1+V+NP2 CAUSE

NP +V+NP2

C

NP+

53

54

55 113

56

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NP1+V+NP2
NP2+V

CAUSE

NP +V+NP

CAUSE

5.

1NP +V+NP

NP 2007
2008
NP
+V+NP
2

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1

3

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4
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1
2007Two types of Light verbs in Chinese. Paper presented in IACL-
15/NACCL-19, CAUSE TP

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