There has been controversy over the nature of so-called pseudo-resultatives in English which are usually placed at the end of sentences like Mary braided her hair tight. The issue is whether they are adverbs (or adverb phrases) that perform as adjuncts or adjectives (or adjective phrases) that act as complements. Drawing on both existing and novel arguments and evidence, it is argued that they are adjectives or adjective phrases that function as complements of the verb (or verb phrase). Under the complex predicate hypothesis, it is suggested that a pseudo-resultative adjective immediately combines with a so-called verb of creation to form a semantic and grammatical unit between whose parts a direct object can be interposed. A construction-based analysis of this unit is also proposed treating it as a template that is stored in the lexicon with a constructional meaning and perhaps fused therein with their parts. The notion of representational modularity is employed to formalise the proposed analysis, and notes are made towards a unified account.

• Kyungchul Chang(Catholic University of Daegu)