Introduction and theoretical preliminaries -- Directional particles in Cantonese -- Mechanisms in grammaticalization: semantic-pragmatic perspectives -- Metaphor: the fundamental mechanism -- Pragmatic enrichment: a context-based mechanism -- Subjectification: a mechanism leading to stancemarking -- Conclusion and future research
Notes
"This book has its origins in my PhD thesis written for the University of Sydney, Australia."--Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on July 06, 2018)
