广州话“唔m^(21)”构成的否定句考察

An Examination of the Negation Formed by the Cantonese Word“唔m^(21)”

从句法和语义方面对广州话“唔m^(21)”构成的五种否定句进行考察:在句法层面,其共性为否定焦点均为“唔m^(21)”后的成分,差异性体现在“唔m^(21)”在句中的位置和谓语的性质。在语义层面,其共性在于均为语义否定;差异性在于语义否定的五种类型。

This paper examines five types of negative sentences formed by“m^(21)”in Cantonese from the syntactic and semantic aspects.At the syntactic level,the commonality lies in the fact that the focus of negation is the constituent after“m^(21)”,while the difference is reflected in the position of“m^(21)”in the sentence and the nature of the predicate.At the semantic level,the commonality lies in the fact that they are all semantic negations;the difference lies in the five types of semantic negation.