本文探討漢語中帶「比」字比較句的句法結構；討論的焦點為「刪略分析」在分析 帶「比」字比較句時所遇到的問題。本文指出，若在帶「比」字比較句中，將「比」所 帶的補語視為小句 (small clause)，文獻中所提出的「刪略分析」所遇到的問題，將可獲 得解釋。

In this paper, I discuss some arguments presented in the previous research against the deletion-based account (i.e., the Reduction Analysis) of the Mandarin bǐcomparative, which include the lack of the subcomparative, the lack of the embedded standard, and the distribution of the quantificational adverb dōu in this construction. Working with an Agree-based theory of selection and a featural account of PF-deletion, I show that a deletion-based account does capture these facts. The proposal is built on the assumptions that i) deletion may rescue some illegitimate representations caused by uninterpretable features at PF (Wurmbrand 2014; see also Merchant 2009; Bošković 2011; and others) and ii) the bǐ-constituent contains a small clause (i.e., vP) and lacks all the higher functional clausal heads (e.g., T, Asp, Mod, etc.) (cf. Pancheva 2006).