本研究探討中日文結果結構，並主張有兩種深層結構: CAUSE 和RESULT IN 事件結構。本研究首先比較中日文結果結構，並總結兩者之間的差異。Li (1990, 1993) 提出詞彙方法 (lexical approach) 解釋中日文結果結構之形成及其差異，然而，此方法有其限制: 無法說明為何有些結果結構有歧義，有些則無。Shen and Lin (2005)的句法方法 (syntactic approach) 能夠解決Li (1990, 1993) 的限制;然而，卻無法處理日文結果結構裡第二個動詞為不具使役詞素 (causative morpheme) 的非賓格動詞 (unaccusative verb)。基於Shen and Lin (2005) 的句法分析並採用Shen Y. (2009) 的RESULT IN概念，本研究提出：第一，當日文結果結構裡非賓格動詞作為第二個動詞時，其含有輕動詞RESULT IN；第二，RESULT IN的概念也能應用於中文第二個動詞為非賓格動詞的結果結構，進而解釋歧義句的現象。

The present study examines resultative constructions (RCs) in both Chinese and Japanese and argues that there are two possible underlying structures in RCs: CAUSE and RESULT IN event structures. This thesis first compares Chinese and Japanese RCs, then summarizes their differences. Li (1990, 1993) has proposed a lexical approach to account for the formation of RCs in Chinese and Japanese; however, the ambiguity that occurs in RCs of the same type in Chinese goes unaccounted. Shen and Lin’s (2005) syntactic approach can solve Li’s limitation by proposing different underlying structures to explain the ambiguity in Chinese RCs. However, their (2005) analysis has not dealt with Japanese RCs in which the second verbs are unaccusative verbs (unaccusative V2s) that do not contain causative morphemes. Based on Shen and Lin’s (2005) analysis and motivated by Shen Y. (2009), the current analysis suggests that Japanese RCs with unaccusative V2s can be regarded as having an implicit “RESULT IN” light verb. Furthermore, the concept of RESULT IN can be applied to Chinese RCs with unaccusative V2s, which can explain the ambiguity in these RCs.

Acknowledgements ii
摘要 iv
Abstract v
List of Tables vii
Abbreviations viii
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
Chapter 2 Resultative Constructions (RCs) in Chinese and Japanese 3
2.1 Categorization of RC 3
2.1.1 The basic structures of RCs in Chinese and Japanese 3
2.1.2 Types of verbs in RCs 4
2.2 RCs in Chinese and Japanese 5
2.2.1 Chinese RCs 5
2.2.2 Japanese RCs 8
2.2.3 Comparisons between Chinese and Japanese RCs 12
Chapter 3 Previous Analyses of Chinese and Japanese Resultative Constructions 15
3.1 Li’s (1990, 1993) lexical approach 15
3.2 Shen and Lin’s (2005) syntactic approach 20
Chapter 4 An Analysis of Chinese and Japanese Resultative Constructions 30
4.1 An analysis of unaccusative verbs in Japanese resultative constructions 30
4.2 An analysis of unaccusative verbs in Chinese resultative constructions 33
4.3 Support for analyzing Japanese and Chinese RCs with CAUSE and RESULT IN event structures 36
Chapter 5 Discussion and Conclusion 39
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