The Syntax and Semantics of Cantonese Particles in the Left Periphery

Adopting the cartographic approach, this paper proposes syntactic positions for all left-periphery particles above the tense phrase (TP) in Cantonese. These include both sentence-final particles and sentence-initial particles that can be used in isolation as interjections. Based on previous syntacti...

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Autor principal:	Wakefield John C.
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2020
Materias:	cantonese discourse particles left periphery syntax Chinese language and literature PL1001-3208
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:03f9c7948a9544d5b5d79fc67c443eaa2021-12-02T19:08:38ZThe Syntax and Semantics of Cantonese Particles in the Left Periphery1017-127410.2478/scl-2020-0004https://doaj.org/article/03f9c7948a9544d5b5d79fc67c443eaa2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/scl-2020-0004https://doaj.org/toc/1017-1274Adopting the cartographic approach, this paper proposes syntactic positions for all left-periphery particles above the tense phrase (TP) in Cantonese. These include both sentence-final particles and sentence-initial particles that can be used in isolation as interjections. Based on previous syntactic proposals for the left periphery, a modification of Rizzi’s (2001) split-complementizer phrase (Split-CP) structure is proposed. A Deictic Phrase (DeicP) is added above the finite phrase (FinP) for the Cantonese “tense” particles laa3 and lei4(ge3). Then, based on a number of proposals inspired by Speas and Tenny (2003), two functional phrases are added above the force phrase (ForceP) – a higher affect phrase (AffectP) for Cantonese sentence-initial particles and a lower discourse phrase (DiscourseP) for most of the sentence-final particles. The resulting structure is tentatively proposed to account for the word order of all left-periphery particles in Cantonese, bringing the description of their syntax closer in line with a number of proposals based on left-periphery particles in other languages. This proposal includes a three-way distinction of the functions and meanings of left-periphery particles: 1) particles that lie between ForceP and TP do not refer directly to the discourse context; 2) particles that head DiscourseP do refer directly to the discourse; and 3) particles that head AffectP refer to the discourse and express human emotions.Wakefield John C.Sciendoarticlecantonesediscourse particlesleft peripherysyntaxChinese language and literaturePL1001-3208ENStudies in Chinese Linguistics, Vol 41, Iss 2, Pp 109-138 (2020)
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description	Adopting the cartographic approach, this paper proposes syntactic positions for all left-periphery particles above the tense phrase (TP) in Cantonese. These include both sentence-final particles and sentence-initial particles that can be used in isolation as interjections. Based on previous syntactic proposals for the left periphery, a modification of Rizzi’s (2001) split-complementizer phrase (Split-CP) structure is proposed. A Deictic Phrase (DeicP) is added above the finite phrase (FinP) for the Cantonese “tense” particles laa3 and lei4(ge3). Then, based on a number of proposals inspired by Speas and Tenny (2003), two functional phrases are added above the force phrase (ForceP) – a higher affect phrase (AffectP) for Cantonese sentence-initial particles and a lower discourse phrase (DiscourseP) for most of the sentence-final particles. The resulting structure is tentatively proposed to account for the word order of all left-periphery particles in Cantonese, bringing the description of their syntax closer in line with a number of proposals based on left-periphery particles in other languages. This proposal includes a three-way distinction of the functions and meanings of left-periphery particles: 1) particles that lie between ForceP and TP do not refer directly to the discourse context; 2) particles that head DiscourseP do refer directly to the discourse; and 3) particles that head AffectP refer to the discourse and express human emotions.
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title	The Syntax and Semantics of Cantonese Particles in the Left Periphery
title_short	The Syntax and Semantics of Cantonese Particles in the Left Periphery
title_full	The Syntax and Semantics of Cantonese Particles in the Left Periphery
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The Syntax and Semantics of Cantonese Particles in the Left Periphery

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