Order and Constituency in Mandarin Chinese

by Yen-hui Audrey Li

Book Overview

Recent developments in generative grammar have been very stimulating. The current theory defines a small set of principles that apply to all human languages. Efforts have been made to demonstrate the adequacy of this theory for a wide range of languages. We thus see an interesting interface of theory and empirical data: the study of natural languages contributes to defining the properties of Universal Grammar and the predictions of the theory help...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0792305000
• ISBN13: 9780792305002
• Release Date: February 1990
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"