Studies in Vietnamese case grammar.

Main author: Diem, Huynh Xuan
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description This thesis is primarily concerned with a description of the syntax of some sentence-types in Vietnamese in terms of a 'CASE' Grammar. 'CASE', in this study, is intended to account for the underlying functional relationships of noun phrases and of sentential complements to the main verb of the sentence. The study of CASES is carried on within the modified framework of Fillmore's Case Grammar. The centrality of the verb is emphasised. The Cases are predictable from the semantic features of the verb. Causative constructions, Topicalisation, Passivisation and Complement-types in Vietnamese have been examined. To identify Cases, syntactic and semantic tests have been used. Finally, in order to formalise the description of the syntactic-semantic relationships between the verb and the Cases in the sentence, a set of base and transformational rules have also been proposed. It is hoped that this thesis will help Vietnamese students of Linguistics and teachers of Vietnamese towards a better understanding of their mother tongue.
format Theses
author Diem, Huynh Xuan
author_facet Diem, Huynh Xuan
authorStr Diem, Huynh Xuan
author_letter Diem, Huynh Xuan
title Studies in Vietnamese case grammar.
publisher SOAS University of London
publishDate 1979
url https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/29256/