Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Introduction 1
1.2 Objectives of Study 2
1.3 Scope of Study 4
1.4 Organization of this Book 9
Chapter 2 Theoretical Frameworks 11
2.1 Introduction 11
2.2 Lexical Relational Structure 12
2.3 Distributed Morphology 22
2.4 Voice Hypothesis 27
2.5 Localist Theory 33
2.6 The Present Framework 37
2.7 Summary 59
Chapter 3 Lexical Causatives 61
3.1 Introduction 61
3.2 Lexical Causative Verbs:An Overview 62
3.3 Transitive Denominal Verbs 63
3.4 Transitive De-adjectival Verbs 80
3.5 Summary 92
Chapter 4 ObjExp Psych Verbs 93
4.1 Introduction 93
4.2 ObjExp Psych Verbs:An Overview 94
4.3 Semantics of ObjExp Psych Verbs 95
4.4 Psych Verbs in Chinese 99
4.5 Syntax of ObjExp Psych Verbs 102
4.6 Summary 112
Chapter 5 Morphological Causatives 113
5.1 Introduction 113
5.2 Morphological Causatives:An Overview 114
5.3 Lexical Semantic Structures 120
5.4 Affixes as Verbalizer of Delimitation 125
5.5 Deriving Argument Structure 127
5.6 Syntactic Representation 136
5.7 Summary 143
Chapter 6 Complex Causatives 144
6.1 Introduction 144
6.2 Complex Causatives:An Overview 144
6.3 Types of Complex Causatives 147
6.4 Semantics of Complex Causatives 156
6.5 Syntax of English Complex Causatives 163
6.6 Syntax of Chinese Complex Causatives 167
6.7 Summary 191
Chapter 7 Conclusions 192
References 195
