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Peer reviewedChan, Stephen W. – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1974
Examines several subtypes of the verbal sequency NP-VP1-VP2 in Chinese, especially those involving descriptions of human action, directed motion, and instrumental functions, and finds that these could be subsumed under the heading of "purposive clauses." The VP1 states an action whose goal is fulfilled by the action performed in VP2. (Author/RM)
Descriptors: Chinese, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Generative Grammar
Peer reviewedTeng, Shou-hsin – Journal of Chinese Linguistics, 1973
Part of research on negation in Chinese supported by the Research Council, University of Massachusetts, Amherst. (DD)
Descriptors: Adverbs, Chinese, Deep Structure, Diagrams
PDF pending restorationHashimoto, Anne Yue – Unicorn
A preliminary study of the syntactic characteristics of the imperative construction in modern Chinese is presented. The term "imperative" is used to refer to the type of syntactic construction which is marked by an implicit or explicit second person subject, and which expresses a direct command. Indirect or implied commands expressed by a…
Descriptors: Chinese, Deep Structure, Descriptive Linguistics, Grammar
