The Semantic Classification of Compound Sentences in Modern Chinese and the Pedagogical Application of Correlative Connectors---Using Er as an Illustrative Example

• Main Authors: Hong, Shenhsing, 洪慎杏
• Other Authors: Teng, Shouhsin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2008
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/gfe9dj

碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 華語文教學系 === 96 === The conjunctive device er has always posed problems in Chinese language teaching. Past studies, however, fail to provide adequate explanations of er for teachers and learners. As a result, students still commit errors even when following textbook instructions. To better understand the semantic meaning of conjunctive devices and the elements they connect, this research begins by identifying the semantic relationships of compound sentences and their conjunctive devices, then the semantic meaning of conjunctive er. Based on the types of compound sentences as described by Halliday (1994), this paper separates the types of compound sentences in Mandarin Chinese into five categories: additive, alternative, adversative, causal-conditional, and temporal. Also, this study finds that er has two discourse functions, which are contrastive marker and topic shift point. Finally, the completed framework of pedagogical grammar outlined by Teng (1998-2003) is adopted to provide a more effective pedagogical grammar for er. It is hoped that this paper can raise the effectiveness of the teaching and learning of er as well as other connective devices.