Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2018)

A Brief Discussion on the Origin and Diachronic Evolution of the Chinese "not only p, but also q"

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Xiaoyan Cao
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Xiaoyan Cao
Available Online November 2018.
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10.2991/cesses-18.2018.144How to use a DOI?
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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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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Contemporary Education, Social Sciences and Ecological Studies (CESSES 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
November 2018
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10.2991/cesses-18.2018.144
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2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/cesses-18.2018.144How to use a DOI?
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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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