The present work is a descriptive grammar of Late Archaic Chinese, a literary language of the fourth and third centuries
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English Pages [141] Year 1959
Table of contents :
Title
Dedication
Preface
Contents
Aims and Objects
Method and Analysis
Method and Statement
Features of the Analysis
Features of the Statement
Summary
Lexic
Word, Word Derivation
Grammatical Word-classes
Syntagma
Verbal sentence
Post-verbal Elements
Agent
Instrumental
Subordinate Clause
Anaphora in verbal sentence
Sentential Mood
Time and Place
Emphatic Exposure
Accentuation
Verbal sentence in Summary
Determinative sentence
Sentences in distribution
Substitution; Personal Pronouns
Demonstratives, Anaphoric Pronouns, Interrogative
Interrogative Substitute
Indefinite Substitute
Levels of Distribution
Interrogative and Indefinite
Miscellaneous
Texts from LAC authors
Mencius - On Justice & Humanity
Mencius - Pleasures of Kings
Mencius - Half-measures in Government
Micius - Love that Embraces All Things
Chuang Tzu - Perennial Philosophy
Chuang Tzu - Chapped Hands
Chuang Tzu - Mystical Journey
Tso Chuan - Feudal States Abolish Resort to Arms
Tso Chuan - Politician's Reward
Orthography
Phonological affinities among cenematic lexics
2nd person pronouns
References
Lexicon & Index of Words