本书以语言类型学理论为框架讨论汉语中致使结构的句法类型及发展脉络，并与其他汉藏语的致使结构进行了对比研究。致使范畴是人类语言中普遍存在的一个语义范畴。(Adopting a framework of linguistic typology theory , this book discusses syntactic categories and the development process of causative structures in Chinese , and compares them with those of other Sino-Tibetan. Causative category is a ubiquitous semantic category in human language.)