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2012941299 abstract "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 languageâs affixal quantification to the alternative determiner and adverbial quantifiers. The bookâs 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.".
2012941299 contributor B12701469.
2012941299 date "2012".
2012941299 description "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 languageâs affixal quantification to the alternative determiner and adverbial quantifiers. The bookâs 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.".
2012941299 description "Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-249) and index.".
2012941299 description "Introduction -- Previous Analyses on Quantification and Cantonese Verbal Suffixes -- The Quantification Accessibility Hierarchy for Affixal Quantifiers -- The Syntax-Semantics Mappings of Affixal Quantifiers and Tripartite Structures -- The Role of Focus in Affixal Quantification -- Does Quantification in Natural Language Involve One Process or Two? -- Affixal Quantification and Its Relation with A- and D-Quantifications -- Concluding Remarks.".
2012941299 extent "xiii, 253 pages ;".
2012941299 identifier "9400743866 (hbk.)".
2012941299 identifier "9789400743861 (hbk.)".
2012941299 isPartOf "Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ; v. 87".
2012941299 isPartOf "Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ; v. 87.".
2012941299 issued "2012".
2012941299 language "Text in English and Chinese.".
2012941299 language "eng chi".
2012941299 language "eng".
2012941299 subject "495.17/95127 23".
2012941299 subject "Cantonese dialects Affixes.".
2012941299 subject "Cantonese dialects Particles.".
2012941299 subject "PL1733 .L53 2012".
2012941299 tableOfContents "Introduction -- Previous Analyses on Quantification and Cantonese Verbal Suffixes -- The Quantification Accessibility Hierarchy for Affixal Quantifiers -- The Syntax-Semantics Mappings of Affixal Quantifiers and Tripartite Structures -- The Role of Focus in Affixal Quantification -- Does Quantification in Natural Language Involve One Process or Two? -- Affixal Quantification and Its Relation with A- and D-Quantifications -- Concluding Remarks.".
2012941299 title "Cantonese particles and affixal quantification / Peppina Po-lun Lee.".
2012941299 type "text".