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Cantonese Particles and Affixal Quantification - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 2012 edition
Peppina Po-lun Lee
Cantonese Particles and Affixal Quantification - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory 2012 edition
Peppina Po-lun Lee
Cantonese, the lingua franca of Hong Kong and its neighboring province, has an unusually rich repertoire of verbal particles. 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;
254 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | July 18, 2014 |
| ISBN13 | 9789400795112 |
| Publishers | Springer |
| Pages | 254 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 14 mm · 381 g |
| Language | English |
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