Modern Chinese Complex Sentences I: Overview and Causal Type [Kõva köide]

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.
Complex sentences in modern Chinese are unique information and meaning. The author proposes a tripartite classification of Chinese complex sentences according to the semantic relationships between the clauses, i.e., coordinated, causal, and adversative. The first part of this volume defines Chinese complex sentences, introduces the properties, scope, and functions of complex sentence relationship markers, and makes detailed comparisons between the tripartite and dichotomous systems for the classification of complex sentences. The second part thoroughly investigates causal complex sentences ?in their eight typical forms.
The title will be a useful reference for scholars and learners of the Chinese language interested in Chinese grammar and language information processing.

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.