The Origin and Fundamental Concepts of Chinese Parataxis Grammar
Parataxis,a kind of grammatical view which claims to"study Chinese language with simple but effec-tive way and pass over the incidental phenomena",deepens the grammaticalization research of Chinese language.Step-ping from the context of the construction of philosophical and social academic system with Chinese characteristics,this study reviews the development of parataxis grammar in the past three decades.And it also clarifies some fundamental concepts of parataxis,which is of utter necessity.Parataxis grammar can be characterized as Chinese cognitive grammar and hence must serve as the starting point of research paradigm innovation of Chinese grammar research.Being part of gene of Chinese language and culture,parataxis formulates a novel paradigm different from syntax for Chinese grammar research and gains quite a lot of attention from international linguistic academia.