This paper investigates Chinese and Korean phrasal resultatives. In order to clarify the objects of our discussions, this paper introduces some basic examples related to some previous studies of the constructions and their limits, such as the DOR problems, multiple theta-role assignment, nominative resultative subject, which the operator-based resultative structure proposed in this paper is meant to account for one by one. This paper bases this structure mainly on Ramchand’s (2008) first phase syntax, which reanalyses theta-roles into combinations of participant roles and allows flexible verbal projections, and on Chomsky’s (2008) labelling algorithm, which allows RelPs to feed the Rheme of resP. For this reason, the argumentation of this paper can be as economical as possible without postulating any independent assumptions that go beyond the range of the given data and theoretical bases, which are mainly from Ramchand (2008) and Chomsky (2008).
1. Introduction
2. Chinese and Korean Phrasal Resultatives
3. Ramchand’s First Phase Syntax
4. A Unified Structure and Explanations
5. Conclusion and Future Studies
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