ABSTRACT
In Chapter 9, Wang Li introduces the use of relative tertiaries, which are capable of indicating the relationship between one sentence and another or between the preceding text and the following text. The relative tertiaries are further categorized into eight types: (1) relative tertiary in cumulative form, (2) relative tertiary in adversative form, (3) relative tertiary in time-modifying, (4) relative tertiary in conditional form, (5) relative tertiary in concessive form, (6) relative tertiary in reasoning form, (7) relative tertiary in causal form and (8) relative tertiary in purposed form. In addition to his illustrations of the relative tertiaries, Wang Li differentiates the related words, such as “反” (fǎn; instead) and “却” (què; yet, but), as well as “又” (yòu; also) and “也” (yě; also).
