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Anonymous Posted 16 years ago
Grammar

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Hello,

I have troubles understanding this sentence:

"The article discusses developments that bear on the connection between chinese and japanese litterature on the one hand and the development of haiku-poetry on the other."

Where does "connection" refer? Is it a connection between development of haiku-poetry and these litteratures, or does connection refer only to chinese and japanese litterature?

Thanks in advance

Rieko
  

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Hard to say for sure; the grammar does not reveal the answer, and we must rely on our knowledge of eastern literature. I would think that it is speaking of the connection between the two literatures only. The article discusses developments that (1) relate to the connection between Chinese and Japanese literature and that (2) relate to the development of haiku (which is a very Japanese art form).

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  • Hard to say for sure; the grammar does not reveal the answer, and we must rely on our knowledge of eastern literature.
  • I would think that it is speaking of the connection between the two literatures only.
  • The article discusses developments that (1) relate to the connection between Chinese and Japanese literature and that (2) relate to the development of haiku (which is a very Japanese art form).
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Hard to say for sure; the grammar does not reveal the answer, and we must rely on our knowledge of eastern literature. I would think that it is speaking of the connection between the two literatures only. The article discusses developments that (1) relate to the connection between Chinese and Japanese literature and that (2) relate to the development of haiku (which is a very Japanese art form)
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