Applying the technique of possessor raising to the analysis of complex NPs,it is found that the left-branching analytical model is applicable only to one of the three types of complex NPs,i.e.,the NP consisting of several NPs which have some kind of kinship relation such as fuqin de fuqin de fuqin(父亲的父亲的父亲).The analytical model is not applicable to other types of complex NPs,which could be...