本論文考察了關於漢語動結式（即結果式複合動詞）是否有核心的四種可能性。文章的主要觀點是，從論元實現的角度來看，漢語動結式是一種無核心結構。該研究在理論上的貢獻是，漢語動結式證明並不是所有的複合詞都像短語一樣有一個核心。

This paper examines previous accounts of the headedness of Mandarin resultative verb compounds and argues for the view that such compounds are headless from the perspective of argument realization. This study is theoretically significant in that it challenges the idea that all compounds have a head as all phrases do.