Chinese: An Essential Grammar

First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Introduction We have so far looked at the features of Chinese grammar within the
structure of the sentence. ... For instance, in our discussion of topic-comment
structures, we have encountered such meaning-dictated and form-saving
tendencies as !5 Xìn jì znu le. rather than ... Prime among these are: pronominal
and conjunctional omission; elastic sentential conyguration; conventional
rhythmic cohesion; ...