目录:
Table of contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1
Preliminaries
1．1 Introduction
1．2 Defining BNPs in
Chinese
1．3 The extensive use of BNPs in
Chinese
1．4 Problems
Chapter 2 The Semantics of
BNPs
2．1 BNP interpretations in
Chinese
2．2 The classification of predicates
in English
2. 2. 1 The stage／indiVidual
distinction
2. 2. 2 Modifications of the
stage／individual distinction
2. 3 Predicate
types and the interpretation of BNPs in
Chinese
2．3．1 Li(1997)
2．3．2
BNPs in lexical generic sentences and habitual
sentences
2．3．3 BNPs in episodic non—stative
sentences
2．3．3．1 BNPs in intransitive
episodic non-stative sentences
2．3．3．2 BNPs
in transitive episodic non－stative sentences
2．3．4 BNPs in episodic stative sentences
2．3．5 The interpretation of BNP—objects in
Chinese
2．3．6
The“definiteness”tendency
2．4 The count／mass
distinction
Chapter 3 A
Discourse Analysis of BNPs
3．1 Pronominals
and BNPs
3．2 DemNPs and BNPs
3．2．1 The use of BNP anaphors and DemNP
anaphors
3．2．1．1 BNP anaphors，DemNP anaphors
and syntactic positions
3．2．1．2 Anaphoric
encapsulation
3．2．1．3 Distance and the
intervention of other topics
3．2．2 BNPs and
DemNPs on the Accessibility Scale
3．3
PossNPs and BNPs
Chapter 4
BNPs and Numerically Quantified Noun Phrases
4．1 The interpretation of NQNPs in Chinese
4．2 The“conditioned”optionality in the use of numeral
classifiers
4．3 BNPs VS．indefinite NPs in
Chinese progressive predicates
4．3．1
Liu(1994)'s account
4．3．2 My
analysis
4．3．3 Difference between Chinese
and English
4．3．4 Further clarificatiOns
4．4 Indefinite NPs VS．BNPs as generic
subjects
4．4．1 Defining generic—NP
subjects
4．4．2 The use of indefinite NPs as
generic subjects
4．4．3 An operator variable
account for indefinit NPs in English
4．4．4
A semantic—pragmatic account
4．5 Other
BNP．and non．BNP constructions
4．5．1
Zhang(2000)
4．5．2 Reconsider Zhang’S BNP—and
non-BNP constructions
4．6 Weak BNPs and the
aspectual marker le
Chapter 5 Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendix：Chinese Examples in
Chinese Characters
