INCLUSION OF THE OUTSIDER – GRAMMATICALIZATION OF THE VERBAL PARTICLE MAAI IN CANTONESE

This paper explores the grammaticalization of the verbal particle maai in Cantonese. Originally a verb of movement meaning ‘approach/get close to’ a reference point, maai has undergone grammaticalization to become a directional particle meaning ‘towards’. It then developed into an additive quantifie...

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Published in:	Taiwan Journal of Linguistics
Main Author:	Winnie Chor
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Crane Publishing Co 2010-12-01
Subjects:	directional particle Cantonese MAAI grammaticalization subjectification
Online Access:	http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/volume8-2/8.2-2Chor.pdf

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