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Chinese Syntax in a Cross-linguistic Perspective is a collection of sixteen original papers by leading experts in Chinese syntax. The papers focus on a broad range of topics, demonstrating how the analysis of Chinese can inform our understanding of syntactic phenomena in other languages, and how insights gained in the study of other languages can in turn shed interesting new light on patterns in Chinese. Each chapter compares a specific major phenomenon in Chinese syntax with related patterns in at least one other language from Asia, Europe, North America or Africa, resulting in a series of fresh perspectives on Chinese and what the study of Chinese can offer linguists working on other, genetically unrelated languages. The volume is divided into three thematic sections, on the nominal domain, the predicate domain, and the C-domain. In addition to chapters on synchronic, adult syntax, the book includes chapters on Chinese diachronic syntax in a comparative perspective and the acquisition of syntax in Chinese, in comparison with that of other languages. The collection is a tribute to Professor C.-T. James Huang's lifelong work on the syntax of Chinese and his attempts to demonstrate how the comparative analysis of Chinese reveals important properties of Universal Grammar. With its broad, cross-linguistic focus and its detailed, new studies of Chinese, this book is essential reading for researchers of all language backgrounds in modern generative syntax.

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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated

ISBN-100199945675

ISBN-139780199945672

eBay Product ID (ePID)203385481

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Number of Pages460 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameChinese Syntax in a Cross-Linguistic Perspective

Publication Year2014

SubjectChinese, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General

TypeLanguage Course

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

AuthorWei-Tien Dylan Tsai

SeriesOxford Studies in Comparative Syntax Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1 in

Item Weight24.9 Oz

Item Length6.1 in

Item Width9.2 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2014-018513

Dewey Edition23

Dewey Decimal495.15

Lc Classification NumberPl1241.C4858 2014

Table of Content1. 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 & 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

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Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax Ser.: Chinese Syntax in a Cross-Linguistic Perspective by Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai (2014, Trade Paperback)