A Brief Talk on the Origin and Diachronic Evolution of the Chinese Sentence Pattern "Although p, q"
Authors
Xiaoyan Cao
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Xiaoyan Cao
Available Online July 2018.
- DOI
- 10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.172How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- transitional complex sentence; "Although p, q"; though; origin; evolution
- Abstract
The Chinese sentence pattern "Although p, q" is originated from the sentence pattern "though p, q" in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. After long-term development and change, the sentence patterns such as "though p, q", "although p, q" and "p, but q" have appeared successively. In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, the Chinese sentence pattern "p, but q" was initially formed. During the Republic of China, this sentence developed into a common sentence.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
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TY - CONF AU - Xiaoyan Cao PY - 2018/07 DA - 2018/07 TI - A Brief Talk on the Origin and Diachronic Evolution of the Chinese Sentence Pattern "Although p, q" BT - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Humanities (ICCESSH 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 760 EP - 763 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.172 DO - 10.2991/iccessh-18.2018.172 ID - Cao2018/07 ER -