The Chinese function word, which belongs to the form category, is used for expressing the grammar meaning by the notional word emptinessization.

汉语虚字（词）由实词虚化而来，是表达语法意义的，属形式范畴。

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By comparing the functional difference of verb and its verb-trending phrase, we conclude that the function of word X in Chinese and that of its syntactical and morphological phrase are different.

通过动词与其动趋式短语的功能差异比较，可以看出汉语中x词和X词性短语在功能上是有差异的。

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The results of the study suggest that phonological awareness may not function in Chinese children's English word reading in the same way as it does in English speaking children's.

结果说明，与英语本族语儿童相比，语音意识在汉语儿童的英语单词认读学习中起了不同的作用。

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