A New Explanation for Conditional Sentences in Chinese Based on Formal Linguistics

Tong Fu-q · Journal of Anqing Teachers College · 2015

Previous studies of conditional sentences rely mainly on the intuitive experience of language. The research on the semantic production and comprehension is relatively deficient,and there is a lack of attention to Chinese conditional sentences. Adopting such names as unconditional sentences,objective sentences and transitional complex sentences makes it difficult to have a fundamental examination of conditional sentences and to get a clear revelation of the semanteme of many sentence patterns,hence the necessity of a review of Chinese conditional sentences and related sentences.

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