VERB PARTICLES AND ASPECT IN COMPLEX PARTICLE CONSTRUCTIONS

Abstract The goal of this paper is to investigate the verb particle’s contribution for the event structure in complex particle constructions. The focus will be on a subgroup of constructions that have a secondary predicate denoting a resultant state over an accusative phrase alongside with a verb particle, as we can see in the following examples: John grilled the onions up dry and The farmer painted the barn up red. The argumentation supports the view that the particle contribution is aspectual in its nature, specifically representing a sense of completeness and/or totality, and not telicity proper.

摘要 本文旨在探究复杂动词小品词结构中，动词小品词（verb particle）对事件结构的贡献。研究将聚焦于一类结构子类：这类结构同时包含动词小品词，以及用于修饰宾格短语、表结果状态的次要谓语，如下文示例所示：约翰将洋葱烤至干透与农夫将谷仓漆成红色。本研究的论证支持如下观点：动词小品词的贡献本质上属于体貌层面，具体传递完备性与/或整体性语义，而非严格意义上的终结性（telicity）。