Boping Yuan is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Language and Linguistics, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

'This book is a must-read for scholars at any stage of their careers engaged in L2 or L3 acquisition research, especially those focused on Mandarin. It provides a thorough overview, critical insights and-importantly-up-to-date discussions that highlight Mandarin's relevance to key theoretical debates in third language acquisition.' Eloi Puig-Mayenco, Senior Lecturer in Psycholinguistics, King's College London

• Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. L2 Chinese nominal phrases; 3. Aspectual, verbal and argument structures in L2 Chinese; 4. Passives, BA-constructions and relative clauses in L2 Chinese; 5. Topic structures, phonetically (Un)realised subjects/objects and ellipsis in L2 Chinese; 6. Reflexives in L2 Chinese grammars; 7. L2 Acquisition of Chinese Wh-words; 8. Sentence-final particles in L2 and L3 Mandarin grammars; References; Index.

Boping Yuan is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Language and Linguistics, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

'This book is a must-read for scholars at any stage of their careers engaged in L2 or L3 acquisition research, especially those focused on Mandarin. It provides a thorough overview, critical insights and-importantly-up-to-date discussions that highlight Mandarin's relevance to key theoretical debates in third language acquisition.' Eloi Puig-Mayenco, Senior Lecturer in Psycholinguistics, King's College London

• Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. L2 Chinese nominal phrases; 3. Aspectual, verbal and argument structures in L2 Chinese; 4. Passives, BA-constructions and relative clauses in L2 Chinese; 5. Topic structures, phonetically (Un)realised subjects/objects and ellipsis in L2 Chinese; 6. Reflexives in L2 Chinese grammars; 7. L2 Acquisition of Chinese Wh-words; 8. Sentence-final particles in L2 and L3 Mandarin grammars; References; Index.

Boping Yuan is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Professor Emeritus of Chinese Language and Linguistics, University of Cambridge, and Fellow of Churchill College, University of Cambridge.

'This book is a must-read for scholars at any stage of their careers engaged in L2 or L3 acquisition research, especially those focused on Mandarin. It provides a thorough overview, critical insights and-importantly-up-to-date discussions that highlight Mandarin's relevance to key theoretical debates in third language acquisition.' Eloi Puig-Mayenco, Senior Lecturer in Psycholinguistics, King's College London

• Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. L2 Chinese nominal phrases; 3. Aspectual, verbal and argument structures in L2 Chinese; 4. Passives, BA-constructions and relative clauses in L2 Chinese; 5. Topic structures, phonetically (Un)realised subjects/objects and ellipsis in L2 Chinese; 6. Reflexives in L2 Chinese grammars; 7. L2 Acquisition of Chinese Wh-words; 8. Sentence-final particles in L2 and L3 Mandarin grammars; References; Index.