In:Directional Particles in Cantonese: Form, function, and grammaticalization
Winnie Chor
[Studies in Chinese Language and Discourse 9] 2018
► pp. 115–148
Chapter 5Pragmatic enrichment
A context-based mechanism
Published online: 24 May 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/scld.9.c5
https://doi.org/10.1075/scld.9.c5
Article outline
- 5.1Introduction
- 5.2
Gwo3 ‘move across’
- 5.2.1Directional uses
- 5.2.2Metaphorical uses
- 5.2.2.1 Gwo3 ‘move across’ as a transfer particle
- 5.2.2.2 Gwo3 ‘move across’ as temporal markers of experience and repetition
- 5.2.3Pragmatic enrichment of the notion ‘worthiness’
- 5.3
Hei2 ‘raise (something) up’
- 5.3.1Directional uses
- 5.3.2Metaphorical uses
- 5.3.3Pragmatic enrichment of the notion ‘completion’
- 5.3.3.1The historical source of completive hei2
- 5.3.3.2Additional constraints on completive hei2
- 5.3.3.2.1Current relevance requirement
- 5.3.3.2.2Telicity requirement
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