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We have also argued that the rhetorical “frame-main” structure and sequence
which we have identified at the clause, sentence levels also operates at the level
of discourse and extended discourse, as illustrated in the examples above. We
further propose that this “frame-main” principle of rhetorical organisation also
shaped the structure of many of the texts of classical and traditional Chinese
which were illustrated in earlier chapters.
In the next chapter, we look at the influence of Western rhetoric and writing
on Chinese rhetoric and writing at the turn of the twentieth century and describe
the historical context in which this influence developed.
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