An Analysis of the Multi-semantic-orientation in VCR Complement

Hong Jiang · Journal of Anhui University · 2007

The multiple semantic meaning of VCR's argument structure mostly includes three different kinds of situations,that is,the resultive complement pointing either to the doer or to the receiver of an action,the resultive complement pointing either to the receiver of the action or to the tool in the sentence,and the resultive complement,while pointing to the receiver of the action,denotes either an satisfied result or an unsatisfied result.VCR's argument structure usually relates to volitional verbs.

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