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Mandarin Chinese Language Grammar
1. Introduction to Mandarin Grammar
2. Basic Sentence Structure
3. Nouns and Noun Phrases
4. Verbs and Verb Phrases
5. Aspect and Temporal Expression
6. Complement Structures
7. Adverbs and Modification
8. Prepositions and Coverbs
9. Conjunctions and Complex Sentences
10. Advanced Sentence Patterns
11. Sentence-Final Particles
10.
Advanced Sentence Patterns
10.1.
Topic-Comment Structure
10.1.1.
Topic Identification
10.1.2.
Comment Formation
10.1.3.
Information Packaging
10.1.4.
Discourse Function
10.2.
把 (bǎ) Construction
10.2.1.
Disposal Function
10.2.2.
Object Definiteness
10.2.3.
Verb Requirements
10.2.4.
Complement Necessity
10.3.
被 (bèi) Construction
10.3.1.
Passive Formation
10.3.2.
Agent Expression
10.3.3.
Agent Omission
10.3.4.
Adversative Meaning
10.4.
Comparison Structures
10.4.1.
Superiority with 比 (bǐ)
10.4.2.
Equality with 跟...一样 (gēn...yíyàng)
10.4.3.
Inferiority with 没有 (méiyǒu)
10.4.4.
Superlative Formation
10.5.
Existential Constructions
10.5.1.
Location-Subject Inversion
10.5.2.
Presentational Function
10.5.3.
Verb Selection
10.6.
Pivotal Sentences
10.6.1.
Causative Constructions
10.6.2.
Double-Subject Patterns
10.6.3.
Verb Combinations
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