Concluding Remarks

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Abstract

In this book, adopting a syntax-semantics mapping approach, I have studied affixal quantification with special reference to three Cantonese affixal quantifiers -hoi ‘open’, -saai ‘all’ and -maai ‘add’. What is peculiar about these verbal suffixes is that they are morphologically attached to verbs but are semantically possible to interpret with all verbal arguments. Hence, these suffixes are essentially quantificational, since it is from the suffix that the quantificational meaning of the sentence in question is derived. Therefore, I have instead argued that -hoi, -saai and -maai are quantifiers, performing generic, universal and additive quantification, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationStudies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages233-242
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameStudies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Volume87
ISSN (Print)0924-4670
ISSN (Electronic)2215-0358

Keywords

  • Lexical Meaning
  • Lexical Semantic
  • Mapping Process
  • Selectional Restriction
  • Semantic Factor

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