1st Edition

Modern Chinese Complex Sentences II Coordinate Type

By XING Fuyi Copyright 2023
200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

200 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book is the second volume of a four-volume set on modern Chinese complex sentences, with a focus on coordinate complex sentences and their relevant forms. Complex sentences in modern Chinese are unique in formation and meaning. The author proposes a tripartite classification of Chinese complex sentences according to the semantic relationships between the clauses, that is, coordinate,... Read more
1. “jì p, yòu q” and the relevant forms  2. Paired and single occurrences of the connective yībiān  3. "p, jiēzhe q" and relevant forms  4. "bùdàn p, érqiě q" and relevant forms  5. "(huòzhě) p, huòzhě q" and relevant forms  6. "yàome p, yàome q" and relevant forms  7. Variants of "yī p, jiù 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.