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Direct linkNall, Timothy M. – ProQuest LLC, 2008
This dissertation explores the robust confluence of syntactic and cultural factors involved in the structure and content of chengyu. It unpacks a number of structural tendencies in the data sample, and illuminates selected underlying cultural themes. The presence of syntactic and semantic parallelism within chengyu, as an expression of the…
Descriptors: Chinese, Language Patterns, Syntax, Cultural Influences
