A Brief Discussion on the Origin and Diachronic Evolution of the Chinese "not only p, but also q"
Authors
Xiaoyan Cao
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Xiaoyan Cao
Available Online November 2018.
- DOI
- 10.2991/cesses-18.2018.144How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- progressive compound sentences; "not only p, but also q"; origin; evolution
- Abstract
The Chinese sentence pattern "not only p, but also q" is originated from the sentence pattern "not only p, but q" in the Western Han Dynasty. After long-term development and change, the sentence patterns such as "not only p, also q", "not only p, and q" and "not merely p, but q” has appeared successively. It was initially formed in the Qing Dynasty and developed rapidly during the Republic of China.
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- © 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Xiaoyan Cao PY - 2018/11 DA - 2018/11 TI - A Brief Discussion on the Origin and Diachronic Evolution of the Chinese "not only p, but also q" BT - Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2018) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 645 EP - 648 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/cesses-18.2018.144 DO - 10.2991/cesses-18.2018.144 ID - Cao2018/11 ER -