First discussed is the relationship between ETS and basic clause patterns. Then comes the relationship between ETS and the maxim of end-weight.
首先讨论了存在句与基本句型结构之间的关系,存在句与末端重量准则之间的关系。
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We argue that as languages differ, while English boasts its "end-weight principle", Chinese is free from the so-called principle in terms of "weight" at sentence level.
End-focus of the information structure and end-weight of the sentence structure are principles of the sentence orders, both of which stress on the importance of the end of the sentence.