The middle construction in English and Chinese.

• Other Authors: Ji, Xiaoling.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Chinese University of Hong Kong 1995
• Subjects: English language > Semantics; Chinese language > Semantics
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5888577; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-320571

by Ji Xiaoling. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 100-104). === Acknowledgment --- p.ii === Abstract --- p.iii === Chapter Chapter 1 --- Introduction --- p.1 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- The English Middle --- p.7 === Chapter 2.0. --- Introduction --- p.7 === Chapter 2.1. --- General properties of the middle construction --- p.8 === Chapter 2.2. --- The semantics of the middle construction --- p.15 === Chapter 2.3. --- Some syntactic issues of the middle construction --- p.21 === Chapter 2.4. --- The scope of the middle construction --- p.33 === Chapter 2.5. --- Summary --- p.37 === Chapter Chapter 3 --- The Chinese Middle --- p.39 === Chapter 3.0. --- Introduction --- p.39 === Chapter 3.1. --- Previous work on the Chinese middle --- p.39 === Chapter 3.2. --- Functions of qilai --- p.42 === Chapter 3.3. --- General properties of the Chinese middle marked by qilai --- p.46 === Chapter 3.4. --- The relationship between qilai and de --- p.54 === Chapter 3.5. --- Arguments against qilai as a middle marker --- p.67 === Chapter 3.6. --- Functions of qilai revisited --- p.71 === Chapter 3.7. --- Summary --- p.75 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- The Syntax of Evaluational qilai --- p.77 === Chapter 4.0. --- Introduction --- p.77 === Chapter 4.1. --- Two types of evaluational qilai --- p.77 === Chapter 4.2. --- Re NP <V-qilai1 > adjunct VP --- p.81 === Chapter 4.3. --- Re<NP V-qilai2>S VP --- p.84 === Chapter 4.4. --- Summary --- p.90 === Chapter Chapter 5 --- Conclusion --- p.93 === Notes --- p.95 === Reference --- p.100