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Article: The Use of the Modal Auxiliaries“Ying應”and“Xu 須”: A Case of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Title | The Use of the Modal Auxiliaries“Ying應”and“Xu 須”: A Case of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region |
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Keywords | Auxiliary verbs Command Modal auxiliaries Chinese |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | International Journal of Arts & Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.internationaljournal.org/ |
Citation | International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 2011, v. 4 n. 10, p. 267-276 How to Cite? |
Abstract | The auxiliary verbs 'Ying應” and “Xu須' indicate a command. The person who issues an order normally has absolute authority while the one who receives it should carry it out. These two modal auxiliaries, which are commonly used in regulations and ordinances, convey an imperative tone. While they are almost identical in meaning, they connote different degrees of sternness in different contexts. But such differences may not be immediately recognizable. For example, the change from ' Ying應” and “Xu須” Xu during the drafting of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) implies that the draftsmen have noticed the subtle differences between these two words. This paper attempts to study, from a lexical perspective, the evolution of these two terms with special reference to the Basic Law. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/190537 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Soo, YC | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-17T15:28:11Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-09-17T15:28:11Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | International Journal of Arts & Sciences, 2011, v. 4 n. 10, p. 267-276 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1557-718X | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/190537 | - |
dc.description.abstract | The auxiliary verbs 'Ying應” and “Xu須' indicate a command. The person who issues an order normally has absolute authority while the one who receives it should carry it out. These two modal auxiliaries, which are commonly used in regulations and ordinances, convey an imperative tone. While they are almost identical in meaning, they connote different degrees of sternness in different contexts. But such differences may not be immediately recognizable. For example, the change from ' Ying應” and “Xu須” Xu during the drafting of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) implies that the draftsmen have noticed the subtle differences between these two words. This paper attempts to study, from a lexical perspective, the evolution of these two terms with special reference to the Basic Law. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | International Journal of Arts & Sciences. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.internationaljournal.org/ | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | International Journal of Arts & Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject | Auxiliary verbs | en_US |
dc.subject | Command | en_US |
dc.subject | Modal auxiliaries | en_US |
dc.subject | Chinese | en_US |
dc.title | The Use of the Modal Auxiliaries“Ying應”and“Xu 須”: A Case of the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Soo, YC: sooyc@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 221499 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 4 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issue | 10 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 267 | en_US |
dc.identifier.epage | 276 | en_US |
dc.publisher.place | United States | en_US |
dc.identifier.issnl | 1557-718X | - |