Research Into Marked Transitional Complex Sentences In Medieval Chinese

Transitional complex sentences are important subordinative compounds, the twoclauses have the opposite meanings in whole or in part. The sentences which haveassociated words are called marked transitional complex sentences. Although the study oftransitional complex sentences has made great academic progress, the dynastic research isa little weak. This dissertation investagetes the corpus in medieval Chinese, and makes ancomprehensive study on the marked transitional complex sentences.The dissertation analyzes this sentences from logical semantics, adversative marksand the transition between some relevant complex sentences. Firstly, the transitionalcomplex sentences are divided into four groups according to their semantics, and wesummarize the characteristic of every group. On this basis, we explain the logicalfoundation of the four groups of sentences. Secondly, this paper examines the evolution,function and mood of adversative marks and explains the reasons why different marks fitdifferent sentences. Lastly, through make the transition between transitional complexsentences and some relevant complex sentences, we further study the semantic focus anddegree of mood in different transitional complex sentences.The basic conclusion of this dissertation is that the presupposition Aâ†'M1～B fit allof the marked transitional complex sentences in medieval chinese, but the means of triggerthe presupposition are not same. And the difference of logical semantics makes the fourtypes of sentences have their own features in marks and mood, and this influence thetransition from one complex sentences to another.