Cantonese Particles and Affixal Quantification - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

Cantonese Particles and Affixal Quantification

Cantonese Particles and Affixal Quantification - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory

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Cantonese, the lingua franca of Hong Kong and its neighboring province, has an unusually rich repertoire of verbal particles. This volume significantly augments the academic literature on their semantics, focusing on three affixal quantifiers, -saai, -hoi and -maai. The author shows how these verbal suffixes display a unique interplay of syntax and semantics: used in a sentence with no focus, they quantify items flexibly, according to an accessibility hierarchy; with focus, focus comes into effect after syntactic selection. This fresh and compelling perspective in the study of particles and quantification is the first in-depth analysis of Cantonese verbal suffixes. It compares the language’s affixal quantification to the alternative determiner and adverbial quantifiers. The book’s syntax-semantics mapping geography deploys both descriptive and theoretical approaches, making it an essential resource for researchers studying the nexus of syntax and semantics, as well as Cantonese itself.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9789400743861
ISBN10 9400743866
Number Of Pages 254
Item Weight 1000 g
Publisher / Reseller Springer
Format hardback
Edition 2012
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