Cantonese Particles and Affixal Quantification

• Κύριος συγγραφέας: Lee, Peppina Po-lun (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Σειρά: Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 87
• Θέματα: Linguistics.; Chinese language.; Semantics.; Syntax.; Chinese.

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...