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This article presents a fresh implementation of the hypothesis that the verb phrase (VP) headed by a transitive verb splits into at least two layers, VP core and v*P shell. With regard to the VP core, it is argued that the verb-final account (e.g. drive [the truck drive]) has advantages over the verb-intial standard (e.g. drive [drive the truck]) in descriptions of English transitive verbs. It is also contended that the verb-final VP core should then be derived from what we call a synthetic noun-verb (N-V) compound verb (e.g. truck-drive in truck-driving and truck-driver). The article proposes an analysis of the VP core as being built out of that compound verb and elaborates on the analysis using basic concepts such as internal and external merge.
