Textual Metafunction of Nonfinite Clauses in Chinese

ZHONG Wei; HE Wei

Volume 33 Issue 6

Jun. 2021

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ZHONG Wei, HE Wei. Textual Metafunction of Nonfinite Clauses in Chinese[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2017, 33(6): 25-30.

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ZHONG Wei, HE Wei. Textual Metafunction of Nonfinite Clauses in Chinese[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2017, 33(6): 25-30.

ZHONG Wei, HE Wei. Textual Metafunction of Nonfinite Clauses in Chinese[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2017, 33(6): 25-30.

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ZHONG Wei, HE Wei. Textual Metafunction of Nonfinite Clauses in Chinese[J]. Journal of University of Science and Technology Beijing ( Social Sciences Edition), 2017, 33(6): 25-30.

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Textual Metafunction of Nonfinite Clauses in Chinese

ZHONG Wei¹,
HE Wei²

1. Department of Foreign Languages, Yuncheng University, Yuncheng 044000, China;
2. National Research Centre for Foreign Language Education, Beijing Foreign Studies University, Beijing 100089, China

Received Date: 2017-10-06
Available Online: 2021-06-18

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Within the framework of Systemic Functional Linguistics,this paper explores nonfinite clauses in Chinese from textual perspectives, in order to reveal their characteristics.It shows that from the thematic perspective, nonfinite clauses in Chinese can act as clausal Theme, part of multiple Theme, part of simple Theme or part of Rheme, and for practical purposes the analysis of its own thematic structure can be ignored; from the informational perspective, nonfinite clauses in Chinese can serve as either Given or New Information.
- nonfinite clauses in Chinese,
- thematic structure,
- informational structure

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