Directional particles in Cantonese : form, function, and grammaticalization / Winnie Chor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chor, Winnie Oi-Wan, author.

Contributor:

Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Series:

Studies in Chinese language and discourse ; v. 9.

Studies in chinese language and discourse ; volume 9

Language:

Chinese

English

Subjects (All):

Cantonese dialects--Grammar.

Cantonese dialects.

Cantonese dialects--Particles.

China--Languages.

China.

Language and languages.

Chinese language--Grammar.

Physical Description:

xiv, 239 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2018]

Summary:

This book is the first on Cantonese that deals with the grammaticalization phenomenon systematically. Focusing on a group of twelve directional particles, this book tracks their grammaticalization pathways from full-fledged directional verbs, to directional particles indicating meanings relating to tense-aspect, modality, and quantification, in the post-verbal position. Some of these particles have undergone further grammaticalization to convey speaker's subjective as well as intersubjective stances. This book is also unique in its diachronic component. Examples in the book are drawn from various sources including early Cantonese pedagogical texts, Cantonese films, and contemporary Cantonese corpora, with data ranging from the mid-nineteenth century to the present.

Notes:

Reprint of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Anne and Joseph Trachtman Memorial Book Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Chor, Winnie Oi-Wan. Directional particles in Cantonese.

ISBN:

9789027200280

9027200289

OCLC:

1012720140