A HISTORICAL EXAMINATION ON SYNTACTIC FUNCTION OF TRANSITIVE SEPARABLE WORDS “DANXIN” AND ITS PRESENTATION IN TEACHING MATERIAL

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Caijun Lin

Abstract

Based on ancient Chinese and modern Chinese corpus of Peking University, we made a historical
examination on syntactic functions of transitive separable words “danxin”. The study found that the
separable words “danxin” can take objects and frequency of use is higher from Ming dynasty to modern
times, and its syntactic function expand continuously. Furthermore, after investigated twenty sets of
Teaching Chinese as a Foreign Language (TCFL) textbook at elementary and intermediate level, we found
the presentation of separable words “danxin” in each textbook is different and its shortcomings are
obvious. In view of the teaching Chinese as a foreign language, we put forward the corresponding
suggestions on how to deal with the separable words in TCFL textbooks.

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Lin, C. (2018). A HISTORICAL EXAMINATION ON SYNTACTIC FUNCTION OF TRANSITIVE SEPARABLE WORDS “DANXIN” AND ITS PRESENTATION IN TEACHING MATERIAL. Chinese Journal of Social Science and Management, 2(2), 1–13. Retrieved from https://so01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/CJSSM/article/view/178796
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