本論文探討漢語放置動詞及其相關句式。不同於英文的動詞load與spray，漢語的放置動詞不能使用方位變化 (locative alternation)；但是，漢語的放置動詞能進入不同的句式，如把字句及處所倒裝 (locative inversion)結構。
漢語的放置動詞皆帶有三個論元：施事、受事、及處所；在特定情況下受事或處所可以省略。根據是否能運用處所倒裝結構，放置動詞可分為兩組。再者，處所倒裝結構的動詞後需接「了」或「著」；因而，能進入處所倒裝結構之動詞又可分為兩類：一類為可接「了」與「著」的動詞，另一類為只能與「了」共現的動詞。此外，本文亦發現放置動詞在其他句式仍有不同的句法表現。
本文也分析放置動詞之相關句式的事態類別 (aspectual class)。放置動詞最典型的句式 “NP1 + PP + V + NP2” 以及把字句句式皆屬於完成類 (accomplishment)；處所倒裝結構則屬於狀態類 (state)。此外，本文也討論放置動詞不同句式的概念結構 (conceptual structure)。

The research aims to investigate the placement verbs and their syntactic structures in Mandarin Chinese. Unlike English examples, e.g. load and spray, the placement verbs in Chinese do not bear the locative alternation, but they can join in some sentence patterns such as the canonical word order “NP1 PP V NP2” or allow a postverbal locative phrase by employing the ba construction (Li & Thompson 1981), having the structure “NP1 ba NP2 V PP”. Besides, the placement verbs are mostly compatible with the locative inversion construction, which is in the form of “NPLoc V NP.”
This study recategorizes placement verbs based on Xu’s (1998) and Pinker’s (1989) findings. Different from the previous research, it is found that the placement verbs all convey a property of manner. For example, they can be verbs of putting, verbs of wearing, or verbs of surface contact. The availability of locative inversion separates Chinese placement verbs into two groups. When a placement verb cannot be allowed in locative inversion, it can only be marked by le. On the other hand, sentences with locative inversion are divided into two groups. Some verbs are compatible with the aspect markers le and zhe, while some can only be followed by le.
Vendler’s (1957) four types of verbs are examined and are assumed to be insufficient (e.g. Smith 1994, Levin & Rappaport Hovav 2005). This study explores the placement verbs and the sentence patterns in which placement verbs participate. It is argued that the two sentence patterns formed by placement verbs, i.e. the canonical word order and the ba sentences correspond to the accomplishments, and the locative inversion sentences constructed by verbs of placement are associated with states. This study also discusses the conceptual structures (Jackendoff 1987) of Chinese placement verbs.

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