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Book Chapter: Noun-modifying clauses in Cantonese
Title | Noun-modifying clauses in Cantonese |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Cantonese Relative clauses Noun modification Typology Resumptive pronouns |
Issue Date | 2017 |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company |
Citation | Noun-modifying clauses in Cantonese. In Matsumoto; Y, Comrie, B and Sells, P (Eds.), Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: rethinking theoretical and geographical boundaries, p. 105-120. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Whether relative clauses can be identified in Chinese is a recurrent question. This paper asks whether relative clauses are distinct from other noun-modifying clause constructions in Cantonese, one of many East Asian languages in which a noun can be preceded by a range of modifying clauses. The relationship between head noun and modifying clause may be a grammatical one, with the head noun being understood as an argument or an adjunct of the modifying clause; or it may be dependent on semantic and pragmatic factors. We conclude that Cantonese instantiates the General Noun-Modifying Clause Construction as proposed for Japanese (Matsumoto et al, this volume), with relative clauses forming a subset of modifying clauses in which a grammatical relation obtains. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/264551 |
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Series/Report no. | Typological studies in language; 116 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Matthews, SJ | - |
dc.contributor.author | Yip, V | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-10-22T07:56:50Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-10-22T07:56:50Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Noun-modifying clauses in Cantonese. In Matsumoto; Y, Comrie, B and Sells, P (Eds.), Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: rethinking theoretical and geographical boundaries, p. 105-120. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2017 | - |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9789027206978 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0167-7373 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/264551 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Whether relative clauses can be identified in Chinese is a recurrent question. This paper asks whether relative clauses are distinct from other noun-modifying clause constructions in Cantonese, one of many East Asian languages in which a noun can be preceded by a range of modifying clauses. The relationship between head noun and modifying clause may be a grammatical one, with the head noun being understood as an argument or an adjunct of the modifying clause; or it may be dependent on semantic and pragmatic factors. We conclude that Cantonese instantiates the General Noun-Modifying Clause Construction as proposed for Japanese (Matsumoto et al, this volume), with relative clauses forming a subset of modifying clauses in which a grammatical relation obtains. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: rethinking theoretical and geographical boundaries | - |
dc.relation.ispartofseries | Typological studies in language; 116 | - |
dc.subject | Cantonese | - |
dc.subject | Relative clauses | - |
dc.subject | Noun modification | - |
dc.subject | Typology | - |
dc.subject | Resumptive pronouns | - |
dc.title | Noun-modifying clauses in Cantonese | - |
dc.type | Book_Chapter | - |
dc.identifier.email | Matthews, SJ: matthews@hku.hk | - |
dc.identifier.authority | Matthews, SJ=rp01207 | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1075/tsl.116.06mat | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85078426633 | - |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 294882 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 105 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 120 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Amsterdam | - |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0167-7373 | - |