18.2116, Books: Morphology: Chung

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Date: 12-Jul-2007
From: One-Soon Her < tjl at nccu.edu.tw >
Subject: Mandarin Compound Verbs: Chung

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Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:33:17
From: One-Soon Her < tjl at nccu.edu.tw >
Subject: Mandarin Compound Verbs: Chung 

Title: Mandarin Compound Verbs 
Publication Year: 2006 
Publisher: Crane Publishing
	   http://ling.nccu.edu.tw

Book URL: http://www.crane.com.tw/cranebook/model_books_temp3.cfm?book_no=2665001288208 

Author: Karen Steffen Chung

Paperback: ISBN: 9861471243  Pages: 252 Price: ----  350.00 Comment: NT$

Abstract:

Note: This is a previously announced title that is now available for international order.

This is a study of the structure and properties of compound verbs in Mandarin Chinese. The Mandarin lexicon has not been widely studied in the way that Mandarin syntax has, perhaps because of a popular notion that compounds are a kind of 'black box', in which 'lexicalization' is explanation enough for the way the components of compounds are put together. In fact, equivalents of many of the same features that typify Mandarin syntax, such as instrumental, aspectual, and passive constructions, are to be found on the lexical level as well.

By excluding separable structures such as Verb-Object phrases and resultative and directional constructions, we are able to establish, first, that verbs, like nouns, are invariably right-headed, i.e. modifiers always precede what they modify; and also that compound verbs with relatively few exceptions are disyllabic.

We divide compound verbs into subordinate, coordinate, embedded, and other miscellaneous compound verb types, based on the contextual part of speech of the component morphemes and their relationship with each other.

Subordinate compound verbs are found to exhibit an extensive system of verbal prefixation, contradicting the popular idea that there are few examples of affixation in Mandarin. Different relative position in a coordinate compound verb sometimes distinguishes different senses of the same morpheme. Included among embedded compound verbs we find lexical aspectual, passive, and causative structures. Aspectual matrix verbs in initial position are found to express intentioned, purposeful action, in contrast to complements of resultative constructions, which indicate a
natural outcome of an action. Many of the compound verb types in the 'other types' category, such as resultative compounds and transitive VO compounds, mirror other structural types; a few are foreign imports.

While most of the examples given in this study are established lexical items, new analogical formations continue to be created.

In short, separability serves as a clear criterion of what is and is not a compound verb in Mandarin. And in general, Mandarin compound verbs are found to strictly follow rules very similar to those of Mandarin syntax, with word order the most important guiding principle.

Of interest to: Linguists, Institutes, Libraries, Chinese learners

To order, please contact:

Lexis Bookstore
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Taipei, Taiwan  106
Tel. (+886 2) 2321-9033
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Lexis at ms6.hinet.net 

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology

Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)

Written In: English  (eng)

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