Volume 1 1. Theoretical Prerequisites and Methodological Issues 2. Markedness Theory 3. Asymmetry between Affirmation and Negation 4. Unmarked Negation and Marked Negation 5. chabudu? and chadi?nr 6. Affirmation and Negation of Polarity Words 7. The Neutralization of the Negative-Affirmative Opposition Volume 2 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