Chapter 1 Introduction
1.1 General Objective
1.2 Structure of the Book
1.3 Argument Structure:An Overview
1.4 Summary
Chapter 2 An Isomorphic Model of Argument Structure
2.1 IntrOduction
2.2 Theoretical Framework
2.3 Summary
Chapter 3 The Event Composition in Mandarin Chinese
3.1 Prima Facie Evidence
3.2 Previous Studies on Mandarin Event Types
3.3 Our Claim
3.4 Summary
Chapter 4 Resultative Verb Compounds in Mandarin Chinese
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Why Study Resultative Construction?
4.3 Towards a Definition of RVCs
4.4 Classification of RVCS
4.5 The Host of a Resultative Predicate
4.6 Some Approaches to RVCs
4.7 The Syntactic Account of RVCs
4.8 Control and Ambiguity
4.9 Residual Issues:The Status of V1 in RVCs
4.10 Summary
Chapter 5 Extra-argumentality In Mandarin Chinese
5.1 The Phenomenon of Extra-argumentality
5.2 Double Object Construction
5.3 The Transitive Unaccusative
5.4 Summary
Chapter 6 Cross-linguistic Variations
6.1 Introduction
6.2 A Few Issues
6.3 0ur Account
6.4 Summary
Chapter 7 Conclusion
References