Shen Jiaxuan is Professor of Linguistics at the Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. His main research interests include Chinese grammar, English–Chinese comparative grammar, and general linguistic theory. His recent publications with Routledge include Nouns and Verbs in Chinese I: Facts and Theories and Nouns and Verbs in Chinese II: Consequences and Prospects.

• 1. Markedness Patterns of Antonyms 2. Asymmetry between Subject and Object 3. The Markedness Pattern of Word Classes and Syntactic Constituents 4. The Syntactic Functions of Chinese Adjectives 5. Symmetry and Asymmetry between Form and Meaning

Shen Jiaxuan is Professor of Linguistics at the Institute of Linguistics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. His main research interests include Chinese grammar, English–Chinese comparative grammar, and general linguistic theory. His recent publications with Routledge include Nouns and Verbs in Chinese I: Facts and Theories and Nouns and Verbs in Chinese II: Consequences and Prospects.

• 1. Markedness Patterns of Antonyms 2. Asymmetry between Subject and Object 3. The Markedness Pattern of Word Classes and Syntactic Constituents 4. The Syntactic Functions of Chinese Adjectives 5. Symmetry and Asymmetry between Form and Meaning