Clause Combination in Chinese |
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| Author:
| Eifring, Halvor |
| Series title: | Sinica Leidensia Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-90-04-10146-3 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1994 |
| Publisher: | BRILL
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $261.00 |
Book Description:
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This is an abundantly documented study of composite sentences in Modern Chinese, their syntactic and semantic properties. It discusses the extent of language variation, the relation between synchrony and diachrony, the nature of grammaticalization, and the non-uniqueness of syntactic analysis.
This is an abundantly documented study of composite sentences in Modern Chinese, their syntactic and semantic properties. It discusses the extent of language variation, the relation between synchrony and diachrony, the nature of grammaticalization, and the non-uniqueness of syntactic analysis.