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| Abbreviations | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Categories | |
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| Lexical categories | |
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| Verbs and nouns - basic distinctions | |
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| Localizers | |
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| Adjectives | |
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| Prepositions | |
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| Functional categories | |
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| [Fn],n≥0 | |
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| [F] and the modifier-introducing de | |
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| Argument structure | |
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| Arguments and theta-roles | |
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| Basic properties of theta-roles | |
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| Chinese resultative compounds: a case study | |
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| Compounds vs. phrases | |
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| On the nature of theta-roles | |
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| Theta-roles produced by the syntax | |
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| What's in a verb? | |
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| Squeezing a lexical foot into a functional shoe | |
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| Sketching an alternative theory of theta-roles | |
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| How a lexical entry contributes to the argument structure | |
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| The theory | |
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| Facts explained | |
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| In place of a conclusion | |
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| The verb phrase | |
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| Adjuncts and complements | |
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| Postverbal constituents | |
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| Double objects and the structure of VP | |
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| V-de | |
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| Frequency/Duration phrases (FP/DrP) | |
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| Preverbal constituents | |
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| Aspectual phrase | |
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| Modals | |
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| Summary | |
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| Passives | |
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| The Mandarin long passive | |
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| Two competing traditions | |
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| The analysis: A'-movement and predication | |
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| Further evidence for the NOP analysis | |
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| The Mandarin short passive | |
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| Against the Agent-deletion analysis | |
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| Analysis of the short passive | |
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| The analysis of indirect passives | |
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| Direct vs. indirect passives | |
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| The inclusive indirect passive | |
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| The adversative passive | |
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| Summary | |
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| The ba construction | |
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| ba and bei constructions | |
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| What is ba? | |
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| The categorial status of ba | |
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| The analysis of ba | |
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| ba not a theta-role assigner | |
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| ba and the subject | |
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| ba and the post-ba NP | |
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| Structures | |
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| A preliminary analysis | |
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| Revision | |
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| �Affected� | |
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| Alternatives | |
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| Summary | |
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| Topic and relative constructions | |
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| Topic structures | |
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| Movement or not? | |
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| Island conditions | |
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| Relative structures | |
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| Distribution and interpretation | |
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| Movement | |
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| Base generation | |
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| Relative operator | |
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| NP adjunction | |
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| Gapless structures | |
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| Questions | |
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| yes-no questions | |
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| Disjunctive questions | |
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| A-not-A questions | |
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| Three types of A-not-A questions | |
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| A-not-A questions: a modular approach | |
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| Explaining the differences | |
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| VP-neg questions | |
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| Summary | |
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| wh-questions | |
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| A movement approach to wh-in-situ | |
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| LF movement: some problems and alternatives | |
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| LF Subjacency and pied-piping | |
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| Non-movement and unselective binding | |
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| Summary | |
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| Nominal expressions | |
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| The issues | |
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| Projecting a DP - referential and quantity expressions | |
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| Number expressions as indefinite and quantity expressions | |
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| Quantity vs. indefiniteness | |
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| Number phrase and determiner phrase | |
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| Comparison with indefinite wh-elements | |
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| Comparison with you expressions | |
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| Prohibition against an indefinite subject/topic | |
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| Summary | |
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| Order and constituency within a DP | |
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| Demonstratives | |
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| Pronouns | |
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| Proper names | |
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| Common nouns | |
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| Not appositives or adverbials | |
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| Summary | |
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| Extension and revision: plurality | |
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| Some puzzles about -men | |
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| Plural feature as head of NumP | |
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| Proper name + pronoun + demonstrative | |
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| Summary and some empirical complications | |
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| Non-quantity indefinite nominals in subject position | |
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| Non-root clauses, generic NPs | |
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| Anaphora | |
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| Binding Theory in Chinese | |
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| Reflexives and Principle A | |
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| Pronouns and Principle B | |
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| Principles C and D | |
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| The bare reflexive ziji | |
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| Two approaches to the long-distance ziji | |
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| Logophoricity and anaphoricity | |
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| Logophoricity: syntax and semantics | |
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| Bound anaphora and donkey anaphora | |
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| Pronouns in coreference or as bound variables | |
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| Variable binding: scope, accessibility, and disjointness | |
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| Indefinites and donkey anaphora | |
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| Summary and conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |