ABSTRACT
In this chapter, I discuss bìdìng thoroughly. I demonstrate that, sharing with yídìng, tiědìng, kěndìng, dǔdìng, and bìrán, bìdìng is semantically underspecified, as well, regarding strong epistemic necessity and intensification. I argue that the unique semantic behavior of bìdìng is also a discourse factor: anti-causing. I also examine how bìdìng behaves in terms of compatibility with another modal expression, inter- and intra-sentential resolution, congruence with imperatives and promissives, and the Requirement of Alternatives.
