THE SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF
FOCUS PARTICLES IN THAI

Tiyanuch Rusawang; Sugunya Ruangjaroon

dc.contributor.author	Tiyanuch Rusawang
dc.contributor.author	Sugunya Ruangjaroon
dc.date.accessioned	2024-01-04T07:00:11Z
dc.date.available	2024-01-04T07:00:11Z
dc.date.issued	2017
dc.identifier.uri	http://tjl.nccu.edu.tw/main/uploads/15.1_.1_The_Semantic_and_Syntactic_Analysis_of_Focus_Particles_in_Thai_.pdf
dc.identifier.uri	https://ir.swu.ac.th/jspui/handle/123456789/29709
dc.description.abstract	This paper provides the first analysis of focus particles in Thai. Two types of focus particles are introduced: exclusives and additives (scalar and non-scalar additives). The interpretation of these particles invokes a set of alternatives that is relevant to a given context. All of the focus particles obey the adjacency requirement whereby these particles are always adjacent to the focus elements and no scope ambiguity is observed. However, Thai shows subject/object asymmetry with respect to focus marking in which the subject DP focus is only available through the existential construction. There is also asymmetry between wh-arguments and wh-adjuncts in focus intervention effects in Thai as proposed by Kim (2002, 2006). In wh-arguments, the constructions involve wh-clefts as proposed by Ruangjaroon (2005) while wh-adjuncts do not.
dc.subject	focus particles
dc.subject	subject/object asymmetry in focus marking
dc.subject	wh arguments
dc.subject	wh adjuncts asymmetry in Thai
dc.subject	focus intervention effects
dc.title	THE SEMANTIC AND SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF FOCUS PARTICLES IN THAI
dc.type	Article
dc.identifier.bibliograpycitation	Taiwan Journal of Linguistics. Vol. 15.1, 1-28, 2017
dc.identifier.doi	DOI: 10.6519/TJL.2017.15(1).1