Chapter 2
Directional particles in Cantonese
Article outline
- 2.1Introduction
- 2.2Directional particles: Form, function, and grammaticalization
- 2.3More about directional particles
- 2.3.1A ‘particle’? A ‘complement’?!
- 2.3.2Complex directional complement
- 2.3.3Directional use and resultative use
- 2.3.4The verb-particle construction
- 2.3.4.1The serial verb construction
- 2.3.4.2The coverb construction
- 2.3.5Monosyllabic preference
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Notes