Research in modern Chinese syntax has going along both Chinese noumenon and second-language acquisition.The noumenon research in modern Chinese syntax starts earlier,which scaled up gradually in 1970s and 1980s and peaked in late 1990s.However,an agreement has been reached in the definition of modern Chinese syntax,thus the border between syntax and sentence patterns has been implicit.The second-language acquisition in modern Chinese syntax roughly undergoes error analysis,syntax sequence and sentence-pattern acquisition.The sentence-pattern under three-phase examination and the nationality of...