Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar

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University of California Press, 20.04.1989 - 691 Seiten
This reference grammar provides, for the first time, a description of the grammar of Mandarin Chinese, the official spoken language of China and Taiwan, in functional terms, focusing on the role and meanings of word-level and sentence-level structures in actual conversations.
 

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Introduction
1
Typological Description
10
Word Structure
28
Simple Declarative Sentences
85
Auxiliary Verbs
172
Aspect
184
SentenceFinal Particles
238
Adverbs
319
The bd Construction
463
The bèi Construction
492
Presentative Sentences
509
Questions
520
Comparison
564
Nominalization
575
Serial Verb Constructions
594
The Complex Stative Construction
623

CoverbsPrepositions
356
Indirect Objects and Benefactives
370
Locative and Directional Phrases
390
Negation 4 15
416
Verb Copying
442
The Imperative
451
Sentence Linking
631
Pronouns in Discourse
657
References
677
Index
683
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