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controversial
in
Chinese.
It
argued
that
unlike
English,Chinese
passivization
does
not
suppress
accusative
assignment
ability
verb,since
there
an
object
left
behind
(1),and
pai
„send‟
stays
in-situ
(2)
(Goodall1990,Feng1997,etc.).
Sentences
like
complicates
debate
status
BEI:
preposition
or
verb-like
element
with
IP
complement
(cf.Huang1982,Li1990,Feng1997,Goodall1990,etc.).
(1)
Juzi
bei
ta
bo
-le
pi.
orange
by
he
peel-ASP
skin
„The
gets
its
peeled
off
him.‟
Jiaoshi
laoshi
Xiao
Li
zhao
Lisi
dashao
-le.
class-room
teacher
send
find
clean-ASP
class
room
has
been
cleaned
Lisi,whom
sentXiao
to
look
for.‟
In
this
paper
I
argue
case
indeed
suppressed
sentences,and
respect
Chinese
differ
from
English,if
we
recognize
existence
Maleficiary
Insertion
rule
(MI)
(cf.Tan1992who
treats
as
trigger
MI),and
assume
operation
can
apply
complex
predicates
Thus,under
my
account
just
English
counterpart
by.
My
analysis
supported
following
facts
about
Chinese.
argument
against
suppression
(ACS)
using
well-founded.
Since
MI
add
maleficiary
role
into
structure
verb
under
certain
semantic
condition,verb
will
have
three
-roles
after
applies,and
assign
two
objective
cases,so
pi
„skin‟
but
inherent
case.
Hence
sentences
are
counterexamples
ACS.
Furthermore,MI
help
us
solve
long-standing
puzzle
Chinese,namely
why
intransitive
si
„die‟
appear
transitive
sentence
Ta
si-le
Fuqin
„He
got
his
father
dead‟.
This
because
applies.Similar
verbs
include
duan/po
„break‟,lie
„crack‟,an
„press‟
laiba
„press
horn‟,
fa
„punish‟
qian
„fine
(someone)
money‟,etc;
ACS
also
flawed.Since
jiaoshi
„class-room‟
first
„send‟,it
seems
exhibit
However,if
English,the
domain
which
operates
predicate,then
paiXiao
„sendXiao
clean
room‟,and
no
problem
arises.
other
objectsXiao
Wang
and
be
passivized
if
qu
„go‟
lai
„come‟,functioning
infinitive
marker
to,is
inserted,our
(GP)
further
supported.
suggests
generalized
operate
both
simple
Chinese,and
it
restricted
any
particular
object.
GP
fact
resultative
compounds
undergo
passivization;
Verbs
their
goal
realized
obliques
provide
independent
evidence
for
ACS,since
patient
only
topic,passive
subject,or
BA-object,but
direct
object,cf.*Ta
tui-le
yi/nage
ren
xiang
shenyuan
pushed
a/the
man
toward
canyon‟,Nage
tui-xiang-le
was
canyon‟,Ta
ba
shenyuan.
behavior
these
detransitivization
question.The
explain
cannot
generate
realizing
application.
With
GP,we
make
conform
standard
analysis,and
thus
support
search
Universal
Grammar.
differs
operates.
same
approach
extended
famous
BA-construction
Chinese,if
Pan,City
1detransitivization
suppresses
question.Under
analysis,pace
Bender
(1996),BA
analyzed
BEI.
Focus
Talk
Whether
behaves
simila