英文摘要 |
This paper presents a syntactic account for the disposal-affective jiong 將 constructions in Sixian Hakka, investigating two types of argument-introducing strategies and a topography of the vP periphery under the cartographic approach (Rizzi 1997; Cinque 1999). Our aim is to offer a topography of Sixian Hakka jiong to empirically capture the interpretation and distribution of the disposal-affective alternation. Theoretically, two argument-licensers are involved, namely the light verb (v 0; Huang 1997; Lin 2001) and the head of an Applicative phrase (Appl0; Pylkkänen 2002; McGinnis 2005). The argument introduced in jiong-construal illustrates a close mapping between the syntactic distribution and the semantic interpretation. The dual status of jiong, v 0 and Appl0, provides a testing ground to explore the argumentlicensing strategies in a language presenting flexibility in argument structure. |