by Wong Nai Fai. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-160). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii / COPYRIGHT --- p.vi / ABBREVIATION AND SYMBOLS --- p.vii / ABSTRACT --- p.viii / INTRODUCTION --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- SETTING THE SCENE --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1 --- The Concept of Modality --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1.1 --- A Working Definition --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- Semantics Properties of Modality --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Types of Modality --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- The Dimensions of Modality: Necessity and Possibility --- p.5 / Chapter 1.2.3 --- The Properties of Modality: Possible Worlds and Quantification --- p.8 / Chapter 1.2.4 --- Summary --- p.10 / Chapter 1.3 --- The Category Modal --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3.1 --- The Encoding of Modality --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3.2 --- Modals and Auxiliaries --- p.12 / Chapter 1.4 --- Summary --- p.17 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- IDENTIFICATION OF MODALS: THE CASE IN CHINESE --- p.18 / Chapter 2.1 --- Basic Patterns --- p.18 / Chapter 2.2 --- Proposal (I): Modals as Adverbs --- p.19 / Chapter 2.3 --- Proposal (IT): Modals as Verbs --- p.21 / Chapter 2.4 --- Proposal (III): Modals as a Separate Class --- p.23 / Chapter 2.5 --- Discussion --- p.34 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- CHENESE MODALS IN GENERATIVE GRAMMAR --- p.51 / Chapter 3.1 --- Theoretical Assumptions: Raising and Control --- p.52 / Chapter 3.2 --- A Review of Some Syntactic Analyses of Chinese Modals --- p.53 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Huang (1988) --- p.54 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Li (1990[1985]) --- p.56 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Lin and Tang (1995[1991]) --- p.58 / Chapter 3.3 --- Discussion --- p.71 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- ON THE ORIGIN OF MODALS --- p.90 / Chapter 4.1 --- A Theory of Auxiliation --- p.90 / Chapter 4.2 --- English --- p.93 / Chapter 4.3 --- Chinese --- p.97 / Chapter 4.4 --- Implications --- p.100 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- TOWARDS A SOLUTION --- p.102 / Chapter 5.1 --- Tripartite Distinction of Chinese Modals --- p.103 / Chapter 5.2 --- The Scope Order of Modals --- p.110 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Scope of Modals in Possible World Semantics: De re vs. De Dicto Interpretations --- p.110 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Scope Order of Modals and Modal Chain --- p.117 / Chapter 5.3 --- A Model for Chinese Modals: An Approximation --- p.122 / Chapter 5.4 --- Reanalysis --- p.128 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- "First, Second and Final Positioning of Modals" --- p.128 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Modal Chain --- p.133 / Chapter 5.4.3 --- Summary --- p.136 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- CONCLUDING REMARKS --- p.137 / Endnotes --- p.140 / Bibliography --- p.151

Texte remanié de : thèse de doctorat : linguistique : l'Université de Beijing : 2005. / Préface, table des matière, biographie de l'auteur et résumé en englais. Bibliogr; P. 364-384. Notes bibliogr.