Action formation with janwai in Cantonese Chinese conversation
This thesis describes action formation and ascription featuring the Cantonese Chinese discourse marker janwai ("because") in naturally-occurring Cantonese talk-in-interaction. Conceived as a conversation analytic exploratory data analysis, the study examines the use of this utterance as pa...
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Main Author: | Liesenfeld, Andreas Maria |
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Other Authors: | K. K. Luke |
Format: | Theses and Dissertations |
Language: | English |
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2019
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/102660 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/47757 |
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Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
Language: | English |
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