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英文文摘
Chapter 1 Introduction
Chapter 2 Complexity vs. Simplicity of Sentence Construction
2.1 Long and Short sentences
2.2 Word and Sentence Polishing
2.3 Parataxis vs. Hypotaxis
Chapter 3 Parallelism of Semantic Construction
3.1 Parallelism
3.2 Four-character Idioms
3.3 Idioms and Proverbs
3.4 Word Repeating
Chapter 4 Tones and Breathing of Sentence Construction
4.1 Four Tones of Chinese Character
4.2 Order in a Coordinate Two-character Word Group
4.2.1 Temporal Order
4.2.2 Spatial Order
4.2.3 Psychological Order
4.3 Breathing
4.3.1 Musical Function of Four-character Idioms
4.3.2 Musical Sentence and Semantic Sentence
Chapter 5 Syntax through Reading
5.1 The Period and the Comma
5.2 Punctuations
5.3 Linear Sentence vs. Tree-structural Sentence
Conclusion
References
Statement of Copyright
Letter of Declaration
Acknowledgements