232 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
232 Pages
6 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This book is the first of a four-volume set on modern Chinese complex sentences, and is focused on the overall characteristics and the casual complex sentences in the language in particular.
Complex sentences in modern Chinese are unique in information and meaning. The author proposes a tripartite classification of Chinese complex sentences according to the semantic relationships between the... Read more
Part I: Overview 1. Complex sentences and classifications 2. Connectives in complex sentences 3. Tripartite classification of Chinese complex sentences Part II: Complex sentences of the causal type and relevant forms 4. “yīnwèi p, suǒyǐ q” and the relevant forms 5. “yīn p, yīn q” in Dream of the Red Chamber 6. “rúguǒ p, jiù q” and relevant forms 7. “zhǐyǒu p, cái q” and relevant forms 8. “zhǐyào p, jiù q” and “rúguǒ p, jiù q” 9. “yàobùshì p, jiù q” 10. “p, yǐbiàn q” and relevant forms 11. "yǔqí p, bùrú q”
Biography
XING Fuyi is a renowned Chinese linguist and a senior professor at Central China Normal University. He has been devoted to the studies of modern Chinese grammar and has initiated the clause-pivotal approach for modern Chinese grammar studies. His other major publications include Modern Chinese Grammar: A Clause-Pivot Approach and Three Hundred Qs & As about Chinese Grammar.
