Cantonese again-elements

The Cantonese iterative presupposition triggers, following Matthews and Yip, are the preverbal adverbs jau 又 and zoi 再, the counterparts of Mandarin you and zai (Fragments/Mandarin/Adverbs.lean), the postverbal suffix -faan 返 'again, back', and the postverbal repetitive -gwo 過 'again, anew', homophonous with the experiential aspect suffix of Fragments/Cantonese/Aspect.lean. Their association with the outer and inner aspect projections and their scope behaviour are the analysis of Liu and Yip and live in Studies/LiuYip2026.lean.

References

• [MY94]
• [LY26]
• [LY]

def Cantonese.Particles.jau : Presupposition.TriggerItem

The preverbal jau6 又 'again'.

Equations

• Cantonese.Particles.jau = { form := "jau6", script := some "又", triggerClass := Presupposition.TriggerClass.iterative }

def Cantonese.Particles.zoi : Presupposition.TriggerItem

The preverbal zoi3 再 'again'.

Equations

• Cantonese.Particles.zoi = { form := "zoi3", script := some "再", triggerClass := Presupposition.TriggerClass.iterative }

def Cantonese.Particles.faan : Presupposition.TriggerItem

The postverbal -faan1 返 'again, back'.

Equations

• Cantonese.Particles.faan = { form := "faan1", script := some "返", triggerClass := Presupposition.TriggerClass.iterative }

def Cantonese.Particles.gwo : Presupposition.TriggerItem

The postverbal repetitive -gwo3 過 'again, anew', redoing an event to set its outcome right.

Equations

• Cantonese.Particles.gwo = { form := "gwo3", script := some "過", triggerClass := Presupposition.TriggerClass.iterative }

def Cantonese.Particles.all : List Presupposition.TriggerItem

The again-elements.

Equations

• Cantonese.Particles.all = [Cantonese.Particles.jau, Cantonese.Particles.zoi, Cantonese.Particles.faan, Cantonese.Particles.gwo]