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The Syntax of Cantonese Ho2 Revisited: Sentence-final Particle and Pro-sentence Cover

The Syntax of Cantonese Ho2 Revisited: Sentence-final Particle and Pro-sentence

By: Ka Hin Ng  
Open Access
|May 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/scl-2024-0001 | Journal eISSN: 2470-8275 | Journal ISSN: 1017-1274
Language: English
Page range: 1 - 20
Submitted on: Aug 26, 2024
Accepted on: Dec 4, 2024
Published on: May 2, 2025
Published by: The Chinese University of Hong Kong, T.T. Ng Chinese Language Research Centre
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year

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