The formation of modern Chinese imperative sentence combining

Abstract

A comprehensive perception of the essence of human imperative behaviors and a thorough study of imperative sentences require researchers to shift their views from imperative sentences to imperative sentence combining. This research treats the linking patterns and manners between or among sentences within imperative sentence combining. The linking patterns refer to the linking between imperative sentences and other kinds of sentences and the linking within imperative sentences. The former is achieved through logical semantic relations and in simple manner while the latter involves marked linking and unmarked linking, the manners of which are varied.