文档介绍：This page intentionally left blank The Syntax of Chinese The past quarter of a century has seen a surge in Chinese syntactic research that has produced a sizeable literature on the analysis of almost every construction in Mandarin Chinese. This guide to Chinese syntax analyzes the majority of constructions in Chinese that have featured in theoretical linguistics in the past twenty-?ve years, using the authors’ own analyses as well as existing or potential alternative treatments. Abroad variety of topics are covered, including categories, argument structure, passives, and anaphora. The discussion of each topic sums up the key research results and provides newpoints of departure for further research. This book will be invaluable both to students wanting to know more about the grammar of Chinese, and to graduate students and theoretical linguists interested in the universal principles that underlie human languages. james huang is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Harvard University. audrey li is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California. yafei li is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. cambridge syntax guides General editors: P. Austin, B. Comrie, J. Bresnan, D. Lightfoot, I. Roberts, N. V. Smith Responding to the increasing interest parative syntax, the goal of the Cambridge Syntax Guides is to make available to all linguists major ?ndings, both descriptive and theoretical, which have emerged from the study of particular languages. The series is mitted to working in any particular framework, but rather seeks to make language-speci?c research available to theoreticians and practitioners of all persuasions. Written byleading ?gures in the ?eld, these guides will each include an overviewof the grammatical structures of the language con- cerned. For the descriptivist, the books will provide an accessible introduction