The Prosodic Status of the Sentence Final Particle in Hong Kong Cantonese

Lian Hee Wee

The Prosodic Status of the Sentence Final Particle in Hong Kong Cantonese

Lian Hee Wee^*

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Academy of Language and Culture

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Although common in Chinese languages, sentence-final particles (SFPs) are perhaps most prevalent in Hong Kong Cantonese. This squib argues that the SFP forms a prosodic unit of its own as a foot derived by phonological augmentation. This foot then forms a larger prosodic unit with its left-adjacent Intonation Phrase. This view is consistent with the prosodic hierarchy offered in Nespor & Vogel (2007).

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	101-107
Number of pages	7
Journal	FLaP FIRST
Volume	1
Publication status	Published - 6 May 2025

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