The Handbook of Chinese Linguistics is the first comprehensive introduction to Chinese linguistics from the perspective of modern theoretical and formal linguistics. Containing twenty-five chapters, the book offers a balanced, accessible and thoughtfully organized introduction to some of the most important results of research into Chinese linguistics carried out by theoretical linguists during the last thirty years. Presenting critical overviews of a wide range of major topics, it is the first to meet the great demand for an overview volume on core areas of Chinese linguistics.Authoritative contributions describe and assess the major achievements and controversies of research undertaken in each area, and provide bibliographies for further reading. The contributors refer both to their own work in relevant fields, and objectively present a range of competitor theories and analyses, resulting in a volume that is fully comprehensive in its coverage of theoretical research into Chinese linguistics in recent years.This unique Handbook is suitable both as a primary reader for structured, taught courses on Chinese linguistics at university level, and for individual study by graduates and other professional linguists.

List of Figures viiList of Tables ixNotes on Contributors xForeword xivPart I Syntax, Semantics, and Morphology 11 Morphology 3Wei-Wen Roger Liao2 Classifiers 26Francesca del Gobbo3 Adverbial Adjuncts in Mandarin Chinese 49Thomas Ernst4 Light Verbs 73T.-H. Jonah Lin5 Topic and Focus 100Shu-Ing Shyu6 Aspect 126Hooi Ling Soh7 Sentence-Final Particles 156Andrew Simpson8 Wh-Expressions in Mandarin Chinese 180Jo-Wang Lin9 Quantification and Scope 208Yen-Hui Audrey li10 The Syntactic Structure of Noun Phrases 248Lisa L.-S. Cheng and Rint Sybesma11 Ellipsis 275Yen-Hui Audrey Li and Ting-Chi Wei12 Causal VVs in Mandarin 311Alexander Williams13 Comparatives 342Chen-Sheng Luther LiuPart II Phonetics, Phonology, and Prosody 36714 Chinese Phonetics 369Wai-Sum Lee and Eric Zee15 Segmental Phonology 400Yen-Hwei Lin16 Syllable Structure and Stress 422San Duanmu17 Tones, Tonal Phonology, and Tone Sandhi 443Jie Zhang18 Prosody and Syntax 465Andrew SimpsonPart III Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics 49319 Bilingual and Multilingual Acquisition of Chinese 495Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip20 Neurocognitive Approaches to the Processing of Chinese 511Ping Li, Hua Shu, and Youyi LiuPart IV Historical Linguistics 53521 Historical Syntax of Chinese 537Shengli Feng22 Historical Phonology of Chinese 576Zev HandelPart V Morpho-Syntax of Other Non-Mandarin Varieties of Chinese 59923 Aspects of Cantonese Grammar 601Sze-Wing Tang and Siu-Pong Cheng24 Taiwanese Hokkien/Southern Min 629Miao-Ling HsiehIndex 657