Modern Chinese Complex Sentences II: Coordinate Type

This book is the second volume of a four-volume set on modern Chinese complex sentences, with a focus on coordinate complex sentences and relevant forms. Complex sentences in modern Chinese are unique in formation and meaning. The author proposes a tripartite classification of Chinese complex sentences according to the semantic relationships between the clauses, i.e., coordinate, causal, and adversative. This volume analyses the coordinated type in the broad sense and the relevant forms, including the representative form in which the clauses are juxtaposed with each other, paired and single occurrences of the connective yibian, various forms of successive, progressive, and alternative complex sentences, as well as compound forms. The title will be a useful reference for scholars and learners of the Chinese language interested in Chinese grammar and language information processing.