An examination of the evidence for and the theoretical implications of a universal word order
constraint, with data from a wide range of languages. This book presents evidence for a …

Mandarin Chinese clausal syntax can be described as strictly head-initial, with the exception
of certain “particles” which are linearized at the end of the clause. Previous work on these …

In this paper, I argue that a subtype of right dislocation (RD) in Cantonese introduces
defocus in a sentence. It involves a process of defocalization, the core semantic function of …

The focus of this special edition is the syntactic nature of the poorly understood group of
elements designated particles in the descriptive, typological and generative literature. To …

Since the late 1970s, crosslinguistic variation has generally been handled by means of UG-
specified parameters. On the positive side, thinking of variation in terms of parameterized …

The Unity of Movement Page 1 The Unity of Movement Tommy Tsz-Ming Lee John Benjamins
Publishing Company Linguistik Aktuell Linguistics Today 283 Page 2 The Unity of Movement …

Cantonese exhibits dislocation copying, a phenomenon whereby some syntactic material in
a canonical sentence is repeated after the sentence particle. This paper demonstrates that …

This chapter investigates the syntax and semantics of Singlish (Colloquial Singapore
English) sentence-final already and its development in the contact ecology of Singapore …

This paper offers a critique of the cyclic linearization account of Cantonese dislocation
recently advocated by Lee (2021). It shows that the ordering‐based analysis encounters a …

Topics occurring in sentence-final position have fascinated linguists over the past few
decades, and many proposals have been put forth to account for their frequent occurrence in …