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Mandarin Chinese: A Functional Reference Grammar (1st Edition) by Charles N. Li, Sandra Annear Thompson Paperback, 716 Pages, Published 1989 ISBN-10: 0-520-06610-3 / 0520066103 ISBN-13: 978-0-520-06610-6 / 9780520066106 So in a sentence like (24), (24) nei — ke shii yezi hen da that CL tree leaf very big That tree, (its) leaves are very big. Chao would call nei-keshu 'that tree' the main subject (which has a topic meaning) and yezi 'leaf the minor subject. In contrast, we consider topic ... Here are some example |