An Analysis on Overpassivization in the Process of Acquiring Ergative Verbs and Their Syntax

Journal: Journal of Higher Education Research DOI: 10.32629/jher.v3i3.830

Liping Zhou

School of Foreign Languages, Hubei University, Wuhan 430079, Hubei, China

Abstract

Ergative verb serves as a special sentence type in English. The understanding of its syntactic structure will lay a foundation for better English acquisition. Overpassivization is an important phenomenon of adjectival verbs and their syntactic acquisition. Through empirical analysis and understanding of the causes of this phenomenon, it is of great practical significance to take effective measures to give corresponding solutions to it. This paper summarizes the characteristics of ergative verbs, and gives further analysis on the phenomenon of overpassivization and its causes in syntactic acquisition, so as to provide a feasible reference for the correct application of ergative verbs in English acquisition.

Keywords

ergative verbs, syntax, acquisition, overpassivization

Funding

Humanities and Social Science Research Project of Hubei Education Department: 17D003

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