Abstract
chapter discusses some key issues in Chinese syntax. It first provides an overview of word order in the history of Chinese, also illustrating the variation attested in modern Sinitic languages. It then deals with the issues of topichood and subjecthood, showing the close correlation between information structure and word order in Sinitic languages. It then moves to a discussion of serial verb constructions and their role in processes of grammaticalization; it also discusses the categories of tense and (grammatical and lexical) aspect, focussing on how temporal reference is established in Chinese, and argument strucure, especially in resultative compounds. The chapter concludes with an overview on word classes, highlighting some of the many controversies on this topic.
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