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A sentence is a basic unit of language. The smallest free unit—word—can express meaning and exchange ideas only by forming a complete sentence according to certain grammatical rules. Therefore, even during the interpretation of word meaning, we should also take into account the relationship between one word and the neighboring words in the context as well.
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Jiang, L., Ren, M. (2023). Sentences. In: A General Theory of Ancient Chinese. Qizhen Humanities and Social Sciences Library. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-6042-9_5
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