A basic question for theories of the syntax–semantics interface is whether the relationship between the form and meaning of complex aspectual expressions is mediated by the pieces that make up hierarchical syntax or whether complex forms and their meanings can pair directly, in templatic or constructional representations, for example. This paper examines the string I’m done writing chapter 3 with this issue in mind. The (be) done V-ing structure does not seem to have been analyzed before, and I refer to it as the done state. The done state expresses a complex stative eventuality. Notably, the transitive object of the done state can hold a target state, an unexpected interpretation given the -ing verb (contrast I’ve been writing chapter 3). Apparent form–meaning mismatches of this type are regularly taken as evidence for listed, constructional mappings. I show, however, that the done state has the syntactic pieces of a stative passive of a present participle, and I argue that the done state is a previously unnoticed type of derived stative. The analysis provides a compositional account of the structure’s semantics and morphology. I further argue that the syntactic items that make up the done state have the same properties that they have elsewhere in the grammar; there is no need to postulate new grammatical objects. The predictable properties of the done state find explanation in models in which complex eventualities are built up out of the minimal units that make up complex phrases.

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完成状态派生静态：在语法中构建复杂事件的案例研究

句法-语义接口理论的一个基本问题是复杂方面表达的形式和意义之间的关系是否由构成层次句法的部分介导，或者复杂形式及其意义是否可以在模板或结构表示中直接配对，例如。这篇论文检查了我在写第 3 章时考虑到这个问题的字符串。的（是）来实现V-荷兰国际集团结构似乎并没有之前已经分析，我指的是它作为DONE状态。在做过状态表达了复杂的。静态不测。值得注意的是，done状态的传递对象可以保存一个目标状态，这是一个意外的解释，给定-ing动词（对比我一直在写第 3 章）。这种类型的表观形式-含义不匹配经常被用作列出的构造映射的证据。然而，我展示了done状态具有现在分词的静态被动句的句法部分，并且我认为done状态是一种以前未被注意的派生静态类型。该分析提供了结构语义和形态的组合说明。我进一步认为，构成done状态的句法项与它们在语法中的其他地方具有相同的属性；没有必要假设新的语法对象。done的可预测属性 state 在模型中找到解释，其中复杂的可能性是由构成复杂短语的最小单位构成的。