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spelling He, Wei 0024-3949 1613-396X Walter de Gruyter GmbH Linguistics and Language Language and Linguistics http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ling-2017-0015 <jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This study investigates “subject-predicate predicate sentences” (“S-P P sentences”) in modern Mandarin Chinese from a Cardiff Grammar approach with the aim of answering three main questions: (i) What is/are the functional syntactic structure(s) of the sentences to be considered in the study? (ii) What is/are the semantic motivation(s) for the structure(s)? (iii) What is/are the contextual constraints on the structure(s)? The study is guided by three basic principles: (a) language is multifunctional; (b) meaning is primary while form is the realization of meaning; and (c) different strands of meaning are realized by a single syntactic structure. Further, the study utilizes the concepts of Theme and Subject within the Cardiff Grammar in order to analyze and discuss the generally acknowledged seven types of “S-P P sentences”. The results show that only one type is truly S-P P and another type only in one sense, whereas no other types can be categorized as such. All the syntactic structures are conditioned by a different set of distinctive semantic features and contextual factors.</jats:p> “Subject-predicate predicate sentences” in modern Mandarin Chinese: A Cardiff Grammar approach Linguistics
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spellingShingle He, Wei, Linguistics, “Subject-predicate predicate sentences” in modern Mandarin Chinese: A Cardiff Grammar approach, Linguistics and Language, Language and Linguistics
title “Subject-predicate predicate sentences” in modern Mandarin Chinese: A Cardiff Grammar approach
title_full “Subject-predicate predicate sentences” in modern Mandarin Chinese: A Cardiff Grammar approach
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title_unstemmed “Subject-predicate predicate sentences” in modern Mandarin Chinese: A Cardiff Grammar approach
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