TY - JOUR
T1 - A comparative study of how and why in Taiwan Southern Min and Mandarin Chinese
AU - Lau, Seng Hian
AU - Tsai, Wei Tien Dylan
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PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - From looking into the same and different properties of how and why between Taiwan Southern Min and Mandarin Chinese, this paper aims to explain the post-verbal how construction with negative speaker attitude. Based on our observations and findings of the specific usages of sī and leh, we propose an analysis for the construction in question. According to our analysis, this construction is not a simple product of a single element, but a composition of sī and leh, which together generate the negative speaker attitude, and the verb with a post-verbal how, which produce a causal how reading.
AB - From looking into the same and different properties of how and why between Taiwan Southern Min and Mandarin Chinese, this paper aims to explain the post-verbal how construction with negative speaker attitude. Based on our observations and findings of the specific usages of sī and leh, we propose an analysis for the construction in question. According to our analysis, this construction is not a simple product of a single element, but a composition of sī and leh, which together generate the negative speaker attitude, and the verb with a post-verbal how, which produce a causal how reading.
KW - Non-canonical questions
KW - Southern min
KW - Wh-adverbials
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U2 - 10.1075/lali.00055.sen
DO - 10.1075/lali.00055.sen
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85083292039
SN - 1606-822X
VL - 21
SP - 254
EP - 284
JO - Language and Linguistics
JF - Language and Linguistics
IS - 2
ER -