Modern Chinese Complex Sentences I - Overview and Causal Type

This book is the first volume of a four-volume set on modern Chinese complex sentences, with a focus on the overall characteristics and the casual complex sentences in particular.

List of contents

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. "y¿nwèi p, süy¿ q" and the relevant forms 5. "y¿n p, y¿n q" in Dream of the Red Chamber 6. "rúgü p, jiù q" and relevant forms 7. "zh¿y¿u p, cái q" and relevant forms 8. "zh¿yào p, jiù q" and "rúgü p, jiù q" 9. "yàobùshì p, jiù q" 10. "p, y¿biàn q" and relevant forms 11. "y¿qí p, bùrú q"

About the author

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.

Summary

This book is the first volume of a four-volume set on modern Chinese complex sentences, with a focus on the overall characteristics and the casual complex sentences in particular.

Product details

• Authors: XING Fuyi, Xing (Professor Fuyi
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.05.2024
• EAN: 9781032374253
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3237425-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Chinese Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Study & Teaching, FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY / Chinese, Chinese, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Chinese Linguistics;Chinese Grammar;Complex Sentences