Lui Pun Ho

List of John Benjamins publications in which Lui Pun Ho is involved.

Articles

Pun Ho, Lui 2026 The associative plural in Cantonese Language and Linguistics 27:2, pp. 228–256 | Article

Here we shall be exploring the associative plural (apl) in Cantonese. The apl construction typically consists of a focal referent and an apl marker, 佢哋 keoi⁵dei⁶, denoting ‘X and X’s associate(s)’, as in 小明佢哋 siu²ming⁴keoi⁵dei⁶ ‘Ming and his associate(s)’. The data are… read more

Pun Ho, Lui 2025 Reported thought in Cantonese Asian Languages and Linguistics 6:2, pp. 353–383 | Article

This study explores the reported thought (RT) construction with the RT verb sam1nam2 [lit. ‘heart think’] in Cantonese. First, it is argued that sam1nam2 ‘think’ is a subject-verb compound with a dedicated RT function. Second, in written Cantonese the thought complement of sam1nam2 can take the… read more