In:A Linguistic Comparison of Chinese and English: Structural, functional, and typological perspectives
Chao Li
[Studies in Language Companion Series 239] 2026
► pp. 348–364
Chapter 13Phrase structure and word order
Published online: 13 January 2026
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.239.c13
https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.239.c13
Article outline
- 13.1Key notions of phrase structure: Head, argument, and adjunct
- 13.2English phrase structure
- 13.2.1Order of the head and its non-subject-semargument in English
- 13.2.2Order of the head and the adjunct in English
- 13.3Chinese phrase structure
- 13.3.1Order of the head and its non-subject-semargument in Chinese
- 13.3.2Order of the head and its adjunct in Chinese
- 13.4Summary and comparison
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