| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立清華大學 === 語言學系 === 84 === This thesis is a synchronic study of the nature of V-O
compounds in Taiwan Southern Min (henceforth TSM). We will
discuss V-O compounds in TSM from the phonological,
morphological, syntactic and semantic points of view. Our
discussion benefits from modern linguistic theories in general
and morphological theories in particular. There are five
chapters in this thesis. In Chapter 1, we first introduce some
linguistic basic concepts to readers such as sign, morpheme,
word and compounding and affixation. Next, we present a
literature review of previous studies on compounds and V-O
compounds in Mandarin and TSM. In Chapter 2, following Chao''''s
framework, we explore the essence of compounds and V-O
compounds and attempt to find a satisfactory answer to the
question "What is the difference between compounds and
phrases?" A small-scale survey is done to look at the
syntactic property of TSM V-O compounds. In Chapter 3 and 4,
various dimensions of V-O compounds in TSM are presented.
Chapter 3 deals with the phonological, morphological and
syntactic phenomen of V-O compounds in TSM. We will analyze
their internal structure, and external function and furthermore
explore TSM V-O compounds in terms of the theories of
Incorporation and Feature Percolation Conventions. Chapter 4
presents various thematic roles of objects in TSM V-O
compounds. We will show these thematic relationships from two
directions. One is that thematic roles are the basis on which
V-O compounds are shown and another is that verbs are the basis
on which V-O compounds are shown. The final chapter concludes
the thesis.
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