本文討論外賓結構的句法、語義性質及其分類。以往的研究往往將取得義雙賓結構和保留賓語結構都分析成外賓結構。本文從語義、句法角度去分析,結論是其中一部分并不是外賓結構,也不能籠統地劃分為雙賓結構,而應歸入增元結構。外賓結構本身還可以分成外賓必現結構和外賓隱現結構。動詞+內賓語組成的V-O可以充當謂語的核心,V-O及物性的高低可以用來區分外賓語結構。本文關于外賓結構的分析對論元結構以及把字句研究有一定的啟示意義。

This paper investigates the semantic and syntactic properties of outer object and its classifications.Previous studies treat both get-type double object constructions and retained object constructions as outer object constructions.By a closer examination,this paper concludes that some of them are neither outer object nor double object constructions.They are actually applicative constructions.Outer object constructions can be further classified into obligatory and optional ones.Whether an"outer object"is an applicative,or an obligatory or optional outer object is closely correlated to the transitivity of complex verbs constructed with the verb and the inner object.The discoveries about outer objects also shed light on the analyses of argument structure and the ba-construction.