Cantonese Particles and Affixal Quantification |
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| Author:
| Lee, Peppina Po-lun |
| Series title: | Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-94-007-4387-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2012 |
| Publisher: | Springer London, Limited
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $179.00 |
Book Description:
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This book significantly augments the academic literature on Cantonese verbal particles and their semantics, focusing on three affixal quantifiers, -saai, -hoi and -maai, and showing how these verbal suffixes display a unique interplay of syntax and semantics.
This book significantly augments the academic literature on Cantonese verbal particles and their semantics, focusing on three affixal quantifiers, -saai, -hoi and -maai, and showing how these verbal suffixes display a unique interplay of syntax and semantics.