1 Introduction1.1 Theoretical Background1.1.1 Argument Structure: An Overview1.1.2 A Brief Introduction to Distributed Morphology1.2 A Presentation of This Book's Theoretical Ideas1.3 Structure of This Book2 Conflation and Compounding: An Overview2.1 Conflation2.1.1 Conflation in Talmy's Lexicalization Theory2.1.2 Conflation in Hale and Keyser's Theory2.1.3 Conflation in Mateu's Theory2.1.4 Conflation in McIntyre's Theory2.1.5 Summary of This Section2.2 Compounding2.2.1 Languages Allowing or Banning Root Serialization in Verbs2.2.2 Previous Analyses of Root Serialization in Verbs2.3 Conflation and Compounding in the Formation of a New Theory3 The Interaction between Conflation and Compounding3.1 A Close Look at Root Compounding in Verbs3.1.1 Overt Root Serialization3.1.2 Overt/Covert Root Compounding in Verbs3.1.3 Root Serialization and Root Compounding3.1.4 Chinese Compound Verbs3.1.5 Summary of This Section3.2 A Closer Look at Conflation3.2.1 Motion Sentences3.2.2 Deadjectival Verbs in English and Modern Chinese3.2.3 The Nature of Conflation and Compounding3.3 Causer and the Direct Object Restriction3.4 Interpretation of Compound Verbs in Chinese Causatives3.5 The Absence of Post-verb Prepositions in Modern Chinese3.6 Summary of This Chapter4 Conflation, Compounding, and Sentences with Complex Verb Phrases4.1 The Double Object Construction4.1.1 Properties of the Double Object Construction4.1.2 Harley's Analysis of the Double Object Construction4.1.3 Advantages of Harley's Analysis4.1.4 Pylkkainen/Cuervo's Analysis of the DOC4.1.5 Double Object Sentences in Modern Chinese4.1.6 A New Approach4.1.7 Summary of This Section4.2 Non-core Arguments in Causative and Inchoative Sentences4.2.1 Extra Arguments in Causatives and Inchoatives4.2.2 Previous Analyses of Sentences with Non-core Arguments4.2.3 Problems with These Views4.2.4 PSPO Sentences in Other Languages4.2.5 The Structure of Sentences with Extra Arguments4.2.6 Summary of This Section4.3 Location and Locatum Sentences in English and Chinese4.4 Conclusion5 Concluding RemarksBibliography后記