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Article: A multi-dimensional approach to the category 'verb' in Cantonese
Title | A multi-dimensional approach to the category 'verb' in Cantonese |
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Keywords | Linguistics |
Issue Date | 2005 |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=LIN |
Citation | Journal Of Linguistics, 2005, v. 41 n. 2, p. 269-305 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Cantonese exhibits a pattern of variation among verbs that has often been interpreted as distinguishing a category of adjectives or a subcategory of adjectival verbs. However, neither of these approaches takes into account the complex patterns of overlap among the purported categories or subcategories. To account for these patterns, we propose a multi-dimensional, feature-based analysis, whereby morphological, phonological, syntactic, and semantic features interact to determine the distribution of each verb. While all verbs bear the same syntactic category feature, there are other features that affect the distribution of verbs independently of syntactic category. For example, constructions that resemble adjectival constructions in other languages license the semantic classes of verbs that are permanent, gradable, and/or non-dynamic, while constructions that resemble verbal constructions in other languages license the semantic classes of verbs that are dynamic, non-gradable, and/or non-permanent. Typological implications of this analysis are also considered. © 2005 Cambridge University Press. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/44897 |
ISSN | 2021 Impact Factor: 1.381 2020 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.458 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Francis, EJ | en_HK |
dc.contributor.author | Matthews, S | en_HK |
dc.date.accessioned | 2007-10-30T06:12:52Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2007-10-30T06:12:52Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2005 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal Of Linguistics, 2005, v. 41 n. 2, p. 269-305 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-2267 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/44897 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Cantonese exhibits a pattern of variation among verbs that has often been interpreted as distinguishing a category of adjectives or a subcategory of adjectival verbs. However, neither of these approaches takes into account the complex patterns of overlap among the purported categories or subcategories. To account for these patterns, we propose a multi-dimensional, feature-based analysis, whereby morphological, phonological, syntactic, and semantic features interact to determine the distribution of each verb. While all verbs bear the same syntactic category feature, there are other features that affect the distribution of verbs independently of syntactic category. For example, constructions that resemble adjectival constructions in other languages license the semantic classes of verbs that are permanent, gradable, and/or non-dynamic, while constructions that resemble verbal constructions in other languages license the semantic classes of verbs that are dynamic, non-gradable, and/or non-permanent. Typological implications of this analysis are also considered. © 2005 Cambridge University Press. | en_HK |
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dc.language | eng | en_HK |
dc.publisher | Cambridge University Press. The Journal's web site is located at http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=LIN | en_HK |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Linguistics | en_HK |
dc.rights | Journal of Linguistics. Copyright © Cambridge University Press. | en_HK |
dc.subject | Linguistics | en_HK |
dc.title | A multi-dimensional approach to the category 'verb' in Cantonese | en_HK |
dc.type | Article | en_HK |
dc.identifier.openurl | http://library.hku.hk:4550/resserv?sid=HKU:IR&issn=0022-2267&volume=41&issue=2&spage=269&epage=305&date=2005&atitle=A+multi-dimensional+approach+to+the+category+‘verb’+in+Cantonese | en_HK |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | en_HK |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1017/S0022226705003270 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-25644452763 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 100179 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 41 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.spage | 269 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.epage | 305 | en_HK |
dc.identifier.isi | WOS:000231074400002 | - |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | en_HK |
dc.identifier.issnl | 0022-2267 | - |