Rejected Expectations:The Scalar Particles Cai and Jiu in Mandarin Chinese《预期之否认:汉语梯级算子“才”和“就”研究》Huei-Ling Lai(赖惠玲)著本书是对现代汉语普通话副词“才”和“就”进行专题研究的又一力作,把对“才”和“就”的语义研究提升到了新的高度。这是一本对相关语言事实描写充分、思路清晰、解释易懂、有独到见解的语言学专业博士论文。该书帮助读者深入了解普通话中的副词“才”和“就”的用法和语义,也对汉语中梯级算子做出了 Rejected Expectations: The Scalar Particles Cai and Jiu in Mandarin Chinese “The Denial of Expectations: Chinese Graded Operators” “Talent” and “Studies” Huei-Ling Lai This book is an introduction to the modern Chinese mandarin adverbs The study of semantics of “talent ” and “just ” has been taken to a new height. This is a well-written language of the relevant facts, clear thinking, easy to understand explanation, a unique view of the linguistics doctoral dissertation. The book helps readers to understand deeply the usage and semantics of mandarin adverbs such as “才 才” and “就 就”, and also to make the Chinese cascade operators