Rhetorical Questions and Polarity Licensing: On Cantonese Modal Sai2

Q3 Arts and Humanities

Studies in Chinese Linguistics Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.2478/scl-2022-0005

Tsun Hei Choi

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Abstract

Abstract This paper investigates the deontic modal sai2 in Cantonese. I argue that sai2 is an NPI and a negative operator is induced at the sentence-initial position by the SFPs me1 or aa4 in rhetorical questions. In SAI sentence, sai2 must syntactically agree with the negative operator for licensing, and minimality and locality effects are found in such agreement. This study may provide evidence of a syntactic approach to NPI licensing and rhetorical questions.

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反问句与极性许可:粤语情态动词2

摘要本文考察了广东话中的义务语气sai2。我认为sai2是一个NPI，在反问句中，一个负算子是由SFP me1或aa4在句子起始位置诱导的。在SAI语句中，sai2必须在句法上与许可的否定算子一致，并且在这种一致中发现了最小性和局部性效应。本研究可能为NPI授权和修辞问题的句法方法提供证据。

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Studies in Chinese Linguistics Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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