Demonstratives but not verbs cause non-culmination in Mandarin incremental-theme predicates: Evidence from children and adults

Jingying Xu (Michigan State University)
Cristina Schmitt (Michigan State University)

This paper provides experimental evidence from Mandarin children and adults showing that the source of non-culmination in Mandarin telic incremental-theme predicates are not the verbs but the determiner of the direct object.