ABSTRACT
The subject of this compound structure usually precedes the conjunc tion búdàn, as wImen-de gDngkè ‘our homework’ in 13a and ZhAng lFoshC ‘Teacher Zhang’ in 13b illustrate. Búdàn comes at the beginning of the first clause only when the clauses have different subjects, as in both 13c and 13d. There are two subjects in these sentences: wI ‘I’ and wImen quán jiArén ‘the whole family’ in 13c; and gDngyuán-lH ‘in parks’ and jiBdào liFngpáng ‘on curbs’ in 13d.
