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Study of Cantonese gwai2: diachrony and synchrony.

Chan Shuen-ti Roy. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2004. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 164-172). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / List of Figures --- p.8 / List of Tables --- p.9 / Chapter 1 --- Cantonese gwai2 in focus --- p.10 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.10 / Chapter 1.2 --- A short description --- p.11 / Chapter 1.3 --- Goal of research --- p.15 / Chapter 1.4 --- Organization --- p.17 / Chapter 1.5 --- On terminologies --- p.17 / Chapter 1.6 --- On styles --- p.17 / Chapter 1.6.1 --- Glossing --- p.17 / Chapter 1.6.2 --- Notations --- p.18 / Chapter 1.6.3 --- Abbreviations --- p.19 / Chapter 2 --- Synchronic description of gwai2 --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1 --- Data in existing works --- p.20 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Gwai2 in words --- p.21 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Gwai2 with degree modifiers --- p.25 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Gwai2 with verbal particles --- p.27 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Gwai2 with aspect markers --- p.28 / Chapter 2.1.5 --- Gwai2 as negator --- p.31 / Chapter 2.2 --- Puzzles in previous works --- p.36 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- On terminologies --- p.36 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Intensifier --- p.38 / Chapter 2.3 --- Summary --- p.39 / Chapter 3 --- Collecting new data: Methodology --- p.40 / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.40 / Chapter 3.2 --- Judgment data and the linguists' intuition --- p.40 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Intuition vs. judgment --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Grammaticality vs. acceptability --- p.41 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Factors affecting grammaticality judgment --- p.43 / Chapter 3.2.4 --- The usual practice --- p.45 / Chapter 3.3 --- Approaches taken in this thesis --- p.46 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Interview --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Questionnaire --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Corpus study --- p.48 / Chapter 3.3.4 --- Modeling grammaticality judgment: Controlled experiment --- p.49 / Chapter 3.4 --- Conclusion --- p.56 / Chapter 4 --- Further synchronic evidence of gwai2 --- p.57 / Chapter 4.1 --- Corpus statistics --- p.57 / Chapter 4.2 --- Intuitive data --- p.58 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Gwai2 and word length --- p.58 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Gwai2 and verb types --- p.61 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Gwai2 and swear words --- p.63 / Chapter 4.3 --- Questionnaire data --- p.63 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Gwai2 and adjectives --- p.64 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- "Gwai2, sei2 and degree modifier hou2" --- p.65 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- "Gwai2, sei2, hou2 and degree adverb gam3" --- p.67 / Chapter 4.4 --- Experimental data --- p.67 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Participants --- p.68 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- gwai2 and aspect markers --- p.68 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- gwai2gam3 vs gam3gwai2 --- p.69 / Chapter 4.5 --- Conclusion --- p.72 / Chapter 5 --- Diachronic perspective of gwai2 --- p.73 / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction to grammaticalization --- p.74 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Motivation of grammaticalization --- p.74 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Mechanisms in grammaticalization --- p.75 / Chapter 5.1.3 --- Interaction of reanalysis and analogy --- p.77 / Chapter 5.2 --- Grammaticalization of gwai2 --- p.79 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- First stage: gwai2 as an lexical morpheme --- p.79 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Second stage: From lexical to functional --- p.81 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Third stage: Emergence of adverbial hou2gwai2 --- p.88 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- "Fourth stage: ""Infix"" and adjective negator" --- p.94 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Fifth stage: gwai2 in verbal compounds --- p.96 / Chapter 5.2.6 --- Independent development: gwai2 and devil negation --- p.99 / Chapter 5.2.7 --- Grammaticalization and grammaticality judgment --- p.103 / Chapter 5.3 --- Conclusion --- p.104 / Chapter 6 --- Formal properties of gwai2 --- p.106 / Chapter 6.1 --- Introduction --- p.106 / Chapter 6.2 --- Interaction of gwai2 with Cantonese aspectual system --- p.107 / Chapter 6.3 --- Syntactic category of gwai2 --- p.109 / Chapter 6.4 --- Interpretation of gwai2 --- p.111 / Chapter 6.4.1 --- Gwai2 as an intensifier --- p.112 / Chapter 6.4.2 --- Gwai2 as a modal operator --- p.115 / Chapter 6.5 --- The syntax of gwai2 --- p.120 / Chapter 6.5.1 --- Theoretical apparatus --- p.120 / Chapter 6.5.2 --- Gwai2 in adjectives --- p.121 / Chapter 6.5.3 --- Gwai2 in resultative verb compound --- p.125 / Chapter 6.5.4 --- Gwai2 between verb and aspect marker --- p.137 / Chapter 6.6 --- Conclusion --- p.145 / Chapter 7 --- Issues unresolved --- p.146 / Chapter 8 --- Summary --- p.149 / Chapter A --- Experiment materials --- p.153 / Chapter A.1 --- gwai2 and aspect markers --- p.153 / Chapter A.2 --- gwai2gam3 vs. gam3gwai2 --- p.156 / Chapter B --- Screen-shots of WebExp Experimental Software --- p.160 / References --- p.164

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_324965
Date January 2004
ContributorsChan, Shuen-ti Roy., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Linguistics.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, 172 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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