On the interface properties of Chinese modals.

• Other Authors: Wong, Nai Fai.
• Format: Others
• Language: English; Chinese
• Published: 1999
• Subjects: Chinese language > Modality
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5889929; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-322851

by Wong Nai Fai. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1999. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 151-160). === Abstracts in English and Chinese. === ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --- p.iii === COPYRIGHT --- p.vi === ABBREVIATION AND SYMBOLS --- p.vii === ABSTRACT --- p.viii === INTRODUCTION --- p.1 === Chapter CHAPTER 1 --- SETTING THE SCENE --- p.4 === Chapter 1.1 --- The Concept of Modality --- p.4 === Chapter 1.1.1 --- A Working Definition --- p.4 === Chapter 1.2 --- Semantics Properties of Modality --- p.4 === Chapter 1.2.1 --- Types of Modality --- p.4 === Chapter 1.2.2 --- The Dimensions of Modality: Necessity and Possibility --- p.5 === Chapter 1.2.3 --- The Properties of Modality: Possible Worlds and Quantification --- p.8 === Chapter 1.2.4 --- Summary --- p.10 === Chapter 1.3 --- The Category Modal --- p.11 === Chapter 1.3.1 --- The Encoding of Modality --- p.11 === Chapter 1.3.2 --- Modals and Auxiliaries --- p.12 === Chapter 1.4 --- Summary --- p.17 === Chapter Chapter 2 --- IDENTIFICATION OF MODALS: THE CASE IN CHINESE --- p.18 === Chapter 2.1 --- Basic Patterns --- p.18 === Chapter 2.2 --- Proposal (I): Modals as Adverbs --- p.19 === Chapter 2.3 --- Proposal (IT): Modals as Verbs --- p.21 === Chapter 2.4 --- Proposal (III): Modals as a Separate Class --- p.23 === Chapter 2.5 --- Discussion --- p.34 === Chapter Chapter 3 --- CHENESE MODALS IN GENERATIVE GRAMMAR --- p.51 === Chapter 3.1 --- Theoretical Assumptions: Raising and Control --- p.52 === Chapter 3.2 --- A Review of Some Syntactic Analyses of Chinese Modals --- p.53 === Chapter 3.2.1 --- Huang (1988) --- p.54 === Chapter 3.2.2 --- Li (1990[1985]) --- p.56 === Chapter 3.2.3 --- Lin and Tang (1995[1991]) --- p.58 === Chapter 3.3 --- Discussion --- p.71 === Chapter Chapter 4 --- ON THE ORIGIN OF MODALS --- p.90 === Chapter 4.1 --- A Theory of Auxiliation --- p.90 === Chapter 4.2 --- English --- p.93 === Chapter 4.3 --- Chinese --- p.97 === Chapter 4.4 --- Implications --- p.100 === Chapter Chapter 5 --- TOWARDS A SOLUTION --- p.102 === Chapter 5.1 --- Tripartite Distinction of Chinese Modals --- p.103 === Chapter 5.2 --- The Scope Order of Modals --- p.110 === Chapter 5.2.1 --- Scope of Modals in Possible World Semantics: De re vs. De Dicto Interpretations --- p.110 === Chapter 5.2.2 --- Scope Order of Modals and Modal Chain --- p.117 === Chapter 5.3 --- A Model for Chinese Modals: An Approximation --- p.122 === Chapter 5.4 --- Reanalysis --- p.128 === Chapter 5.4.1 --- "First, Second and Final Positioning of Modals" --- p.128 === Chapter 5.4.2 --- Modal Chain --- p.133 === Chapter 5.4.3 --- Summary --- p.136 === Chapter Chapter 6 --- CONCLUDING REMARKS --- p.137 === Endnotes --- p.140 === Bibliography --- p.151