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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 demonstr

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Author

Wei-Tien Dylan Tsai, Audrey Li, Andrew Simpson (eds.)

Publisher

IRL Press at Oxford University Press

Published

2014

Language

EN

ISBN

9780199945658

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Language Learning, Linguistics, Literary Fiction

Rating

5 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14