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"Chinese Syntax in a Cross-linguistic Perspective collects twelve new papers that explore the syntax of Chinese in comparison with other languages"--
List of contents
- 1. On Syntactic Analyticity and Parametric Theory
- Cheng-Teh James Huang
- 2. Nominal Arguments in Mandarin and Yi
- Li Julie Jiang
- 3. Appositives in Mandarin Chinese and Cross-linguistically
- Francesca Del Gobbo
- 4. Restricting Nonrestrictive Relatives in Mandarin Chinese
- Jo-Wang Lin and Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai
- 5. The same difference: Comparative Syntax-semantics of English same and Chinese tong/xiang-tong
- Wei-wen Roger Liao and Yuyun Wang
- 6. How Universal is the Mass/Count Distinction? Three Grammars of Counting
- Gennaro Chierchia
- 7. Analysis vs. Synthesis: Objects
- Michael Barrie and Yen-hui Audrey Li
- 8. Transitive Psych-predicates
- Lisa Lai-Shen Cheng and Rint Sybesma
- 9. Light verb Syntax between English and Classical Chinese
- Shengli Feng
- 10. Selection in Complex Predicate Formation
- Mamoru Saito
- 11. Agents in Mandarin and Igbo Resultatives
- Alexander Williams
- 12. Verbal Answers to yes/no Questions, Focus and Ellipsis
- Andrew Simpson
- 13. On the Internal Structure of Comparative Constructions: from Chinese to English
- Gu Yang and Guo Jie
- 14. Root Infinitive Analogues in Child Chinese and Japanese
- Keiko Murasugi
- 15. Wh-adjuncts, Left Periphery, and Wh-in-situ
- Masao Ochi
- 16. Cartographic Syntax of Pragmatic Projections
- Sze-Wing Tang
About the author
Audrey Li is Professor of Linguistics and East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. Her research interests include syntactic theory, typology, interface of syntax with semantics and phonology. She has published in Language, Linguistic Theory, Journal of East Asian Linguistics and (co-)authored books by Kluwer/Springer, MIT Press, Cambridge University Press.
Andrew Simpson is Professor of Linguistics and East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. His research focuses on the comparative syntax of East, Southeast and South Asian languages. He is joint general editor of the Journal of East Asian Linguistics.
Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai is Professor of Linguistics at the National Tsing Hua University. His research interests include syntactic theory, syntax-semantics interface, Chinese syntax, and Austronesian syntax. He is joint editor of the International Journal of Chinese Linguistics.
Summary
Chinese Syntax in a Cross-linguistic Perspective collects twelve new papers that explore the syntax of Chinese in comparison with other languages.
