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A study of right dislocation in Cantonese.

by Cheung Yam Leung. / Thesis submitted in: August, 1997. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 133-137). / ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iv / ROMANIZATION SCHEME --- p.vi / COPYRIGHT --- p.vi / ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS --- p.vii / ABSTRACT --- p.viii / Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- THEORETICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF DISLOCATION IN LINGUISTIC STUDY --- p.1 / Chapter CHAPTER 2 --- COMPARISON OF RD IN CANTONESE AND ENGLISH --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Structure of RD in Cantonese and English --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Types of Right Dislocation --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Dislocated String and Co-referential Linking --- p.10 / Chapter 2.2 --- Approaches to RD --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Functional Approaches --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Syntactic Approaches --- p.17 / Chapter 2.3 --- Summary --- p.19 / Chapter CHAPTER 3 --- SYNTAX OF CANTONESE RIGHT DISLOCATION --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1 --- Dislocation Types --- p.22 / Chapter 3.1.1 --- Dislocation Type I: XP in Preclausal Position --- p.22 / Chapter 3.1.2 --- Dislocation Type II: Subj. + Predrear (+SP) + Predfront --- p.28 / Chapter 3.1.3 --- Dislocation Type III: Sentence Fragment --- p.32 / Chapter 3.2 --- Sentence Particles --- p.34 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Function of SPs in Dislocation --- p.35 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Prohibition of Dual SPs in Dislocation --- p.36 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Co-occurrence Restriction between SP and Other Elements --- p.38 / Chapter 3.3 --- Why a Single Syntactic Unit? --- p.42 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Afterthought is not a Panacea --- p.43 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Syntactic Dependency in RD --- p.45 / Chapter 3.4 --- Why Leftward Movement? --- p.55 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Base-generation Approach --- p.56 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Rightward Movement Approach --- p.57 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Leftward Movement Approach --- p.60 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Dislocation vs. Topicalization --- p.62 / Chapter 3.5 --- Sru's (1992) Proposal --- p.67 / Chapter 3.5.1 --- Phrasal Constituent Preposing --- p.67 / Chapter 3.5.2 --- Substitution vs. Adjunction --- p.70 / Chapter 3.5.3 --- Maximal Attachment Level --- p.71 / Chapter 3.5.4 --- Subjacency --- p.72 / Chapter 3.6 --- Syntactic Representation of Dislocation Structure --- p.73 / Chapter 3.7 --- Summary --- p.83 / Chapter CHAPTER 4 --- CONSTRAINTS ON DISLOCATION STRUCTURE --- p.84 / Chapter 4.1 --- Coordinate Structure Constraint --- p.84 / Chapter 4.2 --- DislocatiON-Adjacency Constraint --- p.86 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Prohibition of Non-D-Adjacent Components in Dislocation --- p.86 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- "Dislocation Structure, Topicalization and the Syntax of SP" --- p.91 / Chapter 4.3 --- Focus --- p.94 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Question-Answer Test --- p.96 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Wh-Phrase --- p.100 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- "Focus Adverb´ؤZing hai "" Only""" --- p.104 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Focus Sentence Particles --- p.106 / Chapter 4.4 --- Negation --- p.108 / Chapter CHAPTER 5 --- DISLOCATION STRUCTURE AND MINIMALIST ASSUMPTIONS --- p.114 / Chapter 5.1 --- Review of Reconstruction --- p.114 / Chapter 5.2 --- Reconstruction in Dislocation Structure --- p.115 / Chapter CHAPTER 6 --- CONCLUSION. --- p.122 / ENDNOTE --- p.131 / BIBLIOGRAPHY --- p.139

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_322261
Date January 1998
ContributorsCheung, Yam Leung., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of English.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, ix, 137 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm.
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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