A Brief Discussion on the Origin and Diachronic Evolution of the Chinese Sentence "As Long as p, q"

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10.2991/iccese-19.2019.10How to use a DOI?

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conditional complex sentence; "as long as p, q"; origin; evolution

Abstract

The Chinese sentence pattern "as long as p, q" is originated from the sentence pattern "once p, q" in the Han Dynasty. After long-term development and change, there have been "so long as p, then q", "should p, then q", "only p, then q", "as long as p, then q", "as long as p, q" and other formats . "As long as p, q" sentence appeared for the first time in the "a manual for military training", initially formed in the Ming Dynasty, further developed in the Qing Dynasty, and matured in the Republic of China.

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