The lexical semantics of motion verbs.

by Tan Lee Yong.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 148-157).Chapter Chapter One --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter Chapter Two --- The Aspectual Properties of Motion VerbsChapter 2.0 --- Introduction --- p.8Chapter 2.1 --- The classification of verbs in English with regard to aspectual properties --- p.9Chapter 2.2 --- The classification of verbs in Chinese with regard to aspectual propertiesChapter 2.3 --- The aspectual properties of motion verbs --- p.26Chapter 2.4 --- Conclusion --- p.36Chapter Chapter Three --- The Ergativity of Motion VerbsChapter 3.0 --- Introduction --- p.38Chapter 3.1 --- What is ergativity? --- p.38Chapter 3.2 --- The semantic approach to ergativity --- p.41Chapter 3.3 --- The syntactic approach to ergativity --- p.46Chapter 3.4 --- The syntactic-semantic approach to ergativity --- p.49Chapter 3.5 --- The ergativity of motion verbs --- p.60Chapter 3.6 --- The interrelationship of ergativity and aspectuality of motion verbs --- p.66Chapter 3.7 --- Ergativity in Chinese --- p.78Chapter 3.8 --- Conclusion --- p.91Chapter Chapter Four --- Lexicalization Patterns of Motion VerbsChapter 4.0 --- Introduction --- p.94Chapter 4.1 --- What are lexicalization patterns? --- p.96Chapter 4.2 --- More on the properties of motion verbs --- p.97Chapter 4.3 --- Lexicalization patterns of motion verbs: a crosslinguistic review --- p.100Chapter 4.4 --- Lexicalization patterns of motion verbs in English --- p.112Chapter 4.5 --- Lexicalization patterns of motion verbs in Chinese --- p.121Chapter 4.6 --- Conclusion --- p.135Chapter Chapter Five --- Summary and Conclusion --- p.136Notes --- p.145References --- p.148Appendix 1 A comprehensive list of motion verbs in English --- p.158Appendix 2 A comprehensive list of motion verbs (roots only) in Chinese --- p.16