ABSTRACT

This chapter begins with a description of the main ideas of this book, followed by introductions of the basic linguistic data of questions in Chinese, foundational concepts, and theories of questions. A section is dedicated to Inquisitive Semantics as a new framework of the semantics and logic of questions. Some key theoretical questions are raised based on the data given in this chapter, and these questions are the guidelines for the research in subsequent chapters. An overview of chapters is also presented.