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== Potential content ==
 
 
 
* Basic order: topic + subject + predicate
 
** SVO language, but unusually has modifiers preceding the modified
 
*** e.g. 那两个喝醉的人打起来了。
 
*** In many cases uses many postpositions rather than prepositions
 
* English vs Mandarin word order
 
** English: Who, What, Where, When
 
** Mandarin: Who, When, Where, What
 
* Mandarin biggest to smallest units sequence
 
* In-situ question words
 
* Topic-comment structure
 
* Topic and subject can sometimes be omitted
 
* Time, manner place (TMP) adverb sequence
 
* More detailed word order:
 
** Subject, verb, direct object
 
** Subject, verb, indirect object, direct object
 
** Subject, prepositional phrase, verb, direct object
 
** Subject, location phrase, verb phrase
 
** Subject, time, manner, place, predicate
 
 
 
== Sources and further reading ==
 
 
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415700108?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=0415700108 Modern Mandarin Chinese Grammar: A Practical Guide] (pp. 17 - 22)
 
* [http://www.amazon.cn/%E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E8%AF%AD%E6%B3%95%E5%BF%AB%E6%98%93%E9%80%9A-%E5%8F%A5%E5%9E%8B%E7%BB%93%E6%9E%841-%E4%BD%95%E6%96%87%E6%BD%AE/dp/B004CCQVNW/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1311567337&sr=8-1 中文语法快易通:句型结构1] (pp. 1 - 27) '''''(needs Amazon code)'''''
 
* [http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1933330899/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=allset-20&linkCode=as2&camp=217145&creative=399373&creativeASIN=1933330899 Basic Patterns of Chinese Grammar] (pp. 19 - 23)
 
 
 
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