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Author:   Audrey Li (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Southern California) ,  Andrew Simpson (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, University of Southern California) ,  Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai (Professor of Linguistics, Professor of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University (Taiwan))
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.703kg
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9780199945672

ISBN 10:   0199945675
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   15 January 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table 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 & 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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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.

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