Type of Document	Master's Thesis
Author	Zhao, Xinzheng
Author's Email Address	xzhao7@tigers.lsu.edu
URN	etd-06092010-183224
Title	A Study of the Aspectual Complements of 'Begin' and 'Start'
Degree	Master of Arts (M.A.)
Department	Linguistics (Interdepartmental Program)
Advisory Committee	Advisor Name Title Hegarty, Michael Committee Chair Brody, J Mary Committee Member Oliver, Elisabeth Committee Member
Keywords	aspect aspectualizer aspectual complements event
Date of Defense	2010-05-10
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Abstract The main purpose of this thesis is to study the aspectual complements of the aspectualizers begin and start. Aspectualizers are verbs that give aspectual readings to the sentence. I started with a summary of Freed’s (1978) analysis. In this summary, semantic differences among seven aspectualizers that take to V and V-ing complements were explained. The semantic distinction between to V and V-ing was also discussed. Following the summary, a brief research on aspectual complements was conducted. Based on Freed’s analysis, I first examined the difference in meaning and in frequency of occurrence between the to V and the V-ing complement of the two aspectualizers. My research revealed some interesting problems that Freed failed to address. These problems blur the difference between the to V and the V-ing complement of begin and start that Freed claims. Through the research, however, I failed to pinpoint the significant difference, too. More research on this issue should be done in the future.
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