Ancient Chinese grammar

Author: Li Zuofeng
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book provides a comprehensive discussion on ancient Chinese grammar, divided into three parts. The first part introduces theoretical issues related to ancient Chinese grammar from aspects such as research objects and methods. The second part explains the grammatical system of ancient Chinese, covering fundamental grammar, real words, function words, phrases, sentence patterns, sentence types, and complex sentences. The third part reviews the research work on ancient Chinese grammar. The author emphasizes scientific rigor and systematicity, avoiding comparisons with modern Chinese grammar. Many of his discussions offer fresh insights, establishing another grammatical system for ancient Chinese after Ma's Literary Commentary.