Evidentiality, Epistemic Modality and Mirativity: The Case of Cantonese Utterance Particles Ge3, Laak3, and Lo1

This thesis examines a set of three utterance particles—ge3, laak3, and lo1—in Hong Kong Cantonese in terms of evidentiality, epistemic modality, and mirativity. Cantonese utterance particles have long been studied; however, close investigation of evidentiality and mirativity on a small set of parti...

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Main Author: Law, Ka Fai
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2020
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/8460
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=9460&context=etd