Theory of Generative Grammar; Formal Syntax; Interface of Syntax and Morphology

Recent Publications

• "Aspect Licensing, Verb Movement, and Feature Checking," Cahiers de Linguistique Asie Orientale, France, 1995. 2, 49-83.
• "Causativity & the Feature Checking Mechanism: From a Minimalist Perspective," (in press) Studia Lingua Sericae, City University of Hong Kong Press (1996).
• "On the Locative Existential Construction in Chinese," in Proceedings of the Tenth West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics, D. Bates ed., Stanford University, USA, pp. 183-195. (1992)

Participation in Research Projects

• "A Psycholinguistic Study of the Semantic Primitives of the English Vocabulary," 1996-97 (Direct grant)
• "A Linguistic Study on Chinese Compounds," 1996-97 (Direct grant)
• "A Comprehensive Review of Current Research in Chinese Linguistics," 1995-97 (CityU, Strategic grant)
• "Argument Structure in Chinese and Its Computer Database," 1994-95 (Direct grant)