Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Preface to the Paperback Edition XIII
4. Preface XVII
5. Conventions Used in Examples XIX
6. Abbreviations XXIII
7. CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1
8. CHAPTER 2 Typological Description 10
9. CHAPTER 3 Word Structure 28
10. CHAPTER 4 Simple Declarative Sentences 85
11. CHAPTER 5 Auxiliary Verbs 172
12. CHAPTER 6 Aspect 184
13. CHAPTER 7 Sentence-Final Particles 238
14. CHAPTER 8 Adverbs 319
15. CHAPTER 9 Coverbs/Prepositions 356
16. CHAPTER 10 Indirect Objects and Benefactives 370
17. CHAPTER 11 Locative and Directional Phrases 390
18. CHAPTER 12 Negation 415
19. CHAPTER 13 Verb Copying 442
20. CHAPTER 14 The Imperative 451
21. CHAPTER 15 The bă Construction 463
22. CHAPTER 16 The bèi Construction 492
23. CHAPTER 17 Presentative Sentences 509
24. CHAPTER 18 Questions 520
25. CHAPTER 19 Comparison 564
26. CHAPTER 20 Nominalization 575
27. CHAPTER 21 Serial Verb Constructions 594
28. CHAPTER 22 The Complex Stative Construction 623
29. CHAPTER 23 Sentence Linking 631
30. CHAPTER 24 Pronouns in Discourse 657
31. References 677
32. Index 683