c james huang syntax syntax huang c james logical relations chinese theory grammar 08153 3136 3 cloth pages 89 garland publishing outstanding dissertations linguistics classic study theoretical chinese syntax proven influential recent developments syntactic theory areas diverse phrase structure quantifier scope anaphora movement constraints form meaning interrogative sentences nature logical form huang gives detailed analysis wide range grammatical constructions chinese english shows analyses shed important new light theory universal grammar linguistic typology often ways unavailable study english familiar european languages results work parametric theory quantifier scope b relativized notion governing category chomsky 1981 binding theory c theory generalized control derives pro drop parameter related phenomena proposed condition extraction domains ced overt movement e proposal lf whmovement languages without whmovement f generalizationof ecp account full range adjunct complement asymmetriesand subject object asymmetries syntactic lf extraction proposed analyses exemplify optimal theory typology come byproduct optimal theory ug author professor linguistics university california irvine e mail info garland com