ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I first outline the general framework within which argument structure phenomena in Chinese will be investigated. I briefly clarify the theoretical inclinations, emphases and rationales in this study. This is followed by an overview of the assumptions concerning semantic representation and semantic compositionality. Overall I follow the framework advocated by Jackendoff (1997, especially 2000), but will feel free to incorporate certain technicalities commonly accepted in constraint-based frameworks of grammar.
