Directional particles in Cantonese : form, function, and grammaticalization
Cantonese dialects Chinese language Language and languages China e-böcker
John Benjamins Publishing Company
2018
EISBN 9789027264435
Introduction and theoretical preliminaries.
Directional particles in Cantonese.
Mechanisms in grammaticalization: semantic-pragmatic perspectives.
Metaphor: the fundamental mechanism.
Pragmatic enrichment: a context-based mechanism.
Subjectification: a mechanism leading to stancemarking.
Conclusion and future research.
Directional particles in Cantonese.
Mechanisms in grammaticalization: semantic-pragmatic perspectives.
Metaphor: the fundamental mechanism.
Pragmatic enrichment: a context-based mechanism.
Subjectification: a mechanism leading to stancemarking.
Conclusion and future research.
