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Cantonese Particles and Affixal Quantification - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory Peppina Po-lun Lee 2012 edition
Cantonese Particles and Affixal Quantification - Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
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;
285 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 4 black & white tables, biography
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 22, 2012 |
| ISBN13 | 9789400743861 |
| Publishers | Springer |
| Pages | 254 |
| Dimensions | 155 × 235 × 15 mm · 589 g |