The category of dummy verbs includes both typical members and atypical members, the latter of which have not attracted enough attention of current scholars. A1 though ＂Vchu＂ （出） , such as zuochu （做出/作出）, geichu （给出）, tichu （提出） and fa- chu （发出）, are atypical members, they can distribute in the same positions where typical dummy verbs appear and have the same properties as typical ones. This paper shows that ＂V chu＂ are in the process of lexicalization. Further, the critical context for lexicalization of ＂V chu＂ lies i...
