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Journal Article
Rhetorical Questions and Polarity Licensing: On Cantonese Modal Sai2
2022
Overview
This paper investigates the deontic modal
in Cantonese. I argue that
is an NPI and a negative operator is induced at the sentence-initial position by the SFPs
or
in rhetorical questions. In SAI sentence,
must syntactically agree with the negative operator for licensing, and minimality and locality effects are found in such agreement. This study may provide evidence of a syntactic approach to NPI licensing and rhetorical questions.
