TAGS

Below is a summary list of the syntactic categories used in coding the corpus. Except for the children's names, the romanizations are based on the Cantonese romanization scheme of the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong (LSHK) (see the Linguistic Society of Hong Kong's "Guide to LSHK Cantonese Romanization of Chinese Characters" ¸f»y«÷­µ¦rªí [LSHK 1997], or the Society's homepage at http://www.hku.hk/linguist/lshk/).

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1. adj = adjective hung4
2. advf = focus adverb zung6, dou1, jau6, zoi3
3. advi = adverb of intensity hou3, gei2, gam3, zan1
4. advm = adverb of manner maan6maan6dei2, maa4maa4dei2
5. advs = sentential adverb bat1jyu4, gam2(joeng2), jat1cai4
6. asp = aspectual marker zo2, zyu6, gan2, gwo3, hoi1
7. aux = auxiliary / modal verb jing1goi1, hang2, ho2ji5, wui, sai2
8. cl = classifier go3, zek3, bun2, bui1, di1
9. com = comparative morpheme gwo3 (as in daai6 gwo3), di1 (as in hung4 di1)
10. conj = connective daan6hai6, tung4maai4, waak6ze2
11. corr = correlative jyut6...jyut6, jau6...jau6, gam2...gam3, jat1...jat1
12. ctc = clitic dak1, dou3
13. det = determiner nei1, go2, dai6
14. dir = directional verb lok6, soeng5, ceot1, jap6, lai4
15. ex = expressive utterance baai1baai3, zou2san4
16. gen = genitive marker ge3
17. ins=emphatic inserted marker gwai2 (as in hou3 gwai2 leng3)
18. nn = noun ping4gwo2, baa4baa1
19. nnloc = locative noun phrase soeng6min6, leoi3min6
20. nnpr = pronoun ngo5, nei3, keoi3
21. nnpp = proper name tin1faan4, zeon3zeon3
22. neg = negative morpheme m4, mai6, mou5
23. prt = post-verbal particle faan1, saai3, can1, maai4, gwo3, haa2
24. prep = preposition tung4maai2, hai2, bei2
25. q = quantifier jat1, saam1, sap6, gei2, mui5
26. rfl = reflexive pronoun zi6gei2
27. sfp = sentence final particle &la3, &ga1 &ma3, &ge3 &le1
28. vd = ditransitive verb baai2, bei2
29. verg = ergative verb dit3
30. vf = function verb hai6, jau5, hai2
31. vi = intransitive verb siu3
32. vt = transitive verb teoi1
33. wh = wh words mat1, mat1je5, dim2, dim2gaai2, dim2jeong2


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