This is an academic monograph on the relationship between lexical semantics and syntax, centering around three major matters: 1) the predictability of the syntactic realization of semantic roles; 2) the grammatical nature of lexical semantic representations; 3) the cross-language differences in the mappings between lexical semantics and syntax. Based on the discussion of the above three matters, a review of the existing lexical semantic representations and the linking theory, and an analysis of the grammatical features of Chinese, the author employs the Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) and explains and describes the syntactic representations of different types of Chinese verbs in as much detail as possible. 

Gao Mingle, Postdoc at Harvard, professor and doctoral supervisor at BLCU, head of the Faculty of Foreign Studies at BLCU, chief supervisor of the Board of Chinese and Bilingual Studies of China Pre-Qin History Society (CHS),    vice-chairman of the Association of College Foreign Language Teaching of Nationwide Foreign Language Institutions, executive member of China Association of Language and Education, guest professor at Missouri State University (the US). Gao’s research mainly focuses on theoretical linguistics, translation, and comparative linguistics. Gao has hosted several state- and city-level research projects and published 11 books (including monographs, compilations and translations) and 38 academic papers.