摘要
Drawing on data concerning the long-distance dependency of the Mandarin bare reflexive ziji 'self' in embedded comparatives, this remark compares two types of analyses of Mandarin comparatives-the Reduction Analysis and the Direct Analysis. The discussion shows that the long-distance dependency of ziji in an embedded comparative can be easily captured in the Reduction Analysis, where a deletion operation is involved in the derivation; however, the Direct Analysis, where the constituent size of the standard of comparison is transparent, encounters challenges when facing the same data.