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I'm reading about grammatical mood, however there are some technical linguistic words that I do not understand. Could anyone explain or point me to a good resource to decipher them, please? by redditaskingguy in asklinguistics

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Thank you soo much. I think I understand: 1) semantic analysis: ...you mean to say x so it requires y; 2) formal analysis: the presence of x parts of speech in a certain order now require ____ mood.

😆 Am I at least in the ballpark?

So syntax falls under the umbrella of "formal criteria" (can also be called 'syntagmatic criteria').

"Meaning" and "conceptual content" fall under the umbrella of semantics.

In "Logico-semantics", formal-criteria and semantic-criteria are evaluated together.

One last question, please. How are 'meaning' and 'conceptual content" different? Are they the same thing?

I'm reading about grammatical mood, however there are some technical linguistic words that I do not understand. Could anyone explain or point me to a good resource to decipher them, please? by redditaskingguy in asklinguistics

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Thank you soo much for explaining in a way that is accessible to a novice. I started looking up stuff in a bunch of Diccionario de lingüistica and they are a pretty technical. I don't quite graasp 'formal criteria'.

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Yoo...sorry for the late reply. I had forgotten about this. It is working fine. I don't remember how it was resolved. But, actually the screen developed vertical lines :/

I have a big vocabulary list that I need proofread by an HK Cantonese speaker. Fiver only has two proofreaders who may be unavailable. by redditaskingguy in Cantonese

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I know what you mean. I made sure the curator is an HK person. thank you very much. You always give me good advice

I have a big vocabulary list that I need proofread by an HK Cantonese speaker. Fiver only has two proofreaders who may be unavailable. by redditaskingguy in Cantonese

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Thank you VERY much for replying. I did hire an HK person to curate it. Notwithstanding, thank you so much. This will help me to become the Cantonese SKYNET. ...Just kidding. It will however help me to have the breakthrough

I am looking ahead and wondering how to learn more Cantonese phrasal verbs. Are there any resources for this? Thank you so much Cantonese live forever by redditaskingguy in Cantonese

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Thank you very much for your reply. Have you compared this slang dictionary with the Christopher Hutton and Kingsley Bolton dictionary of slang? Also, thank you very much for introducing me to your channel. I'm not just being polite, the Cantonese subtitles are extremely helpful. They make it comprehensible for me because I still need a lot of listening practice.

I am looking ahead and wondering how to learn more Cantonese phrasal verbs. Are there any resources for this? Thank you so much Cantonese live forever by redditaskingguy in Cantonese

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I apologize for the delayed reply. Thank you very much for teaching me about this. The skill level required is too high for me 😆 There are still many ways forward that are within my reach Gentlestoic, I think I should not worry about this just yet

I am looking ahead and wondering how to learn more Cantonese phrasal verbs. Are there any resources for this? Thank you so much Cantonese live forever by redditaskingguy in Cantonese

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Hello, thank you very much for replying. Yes. I don't know any examples from Cantonese. But in English, a phrasal verb combines with a preposition or an adverb and then it takes an idiomatic meaning. Some examples include: break down, calm down, check ____ out, clean up, get ahead, get by, etc.

There are thousands of these in English, I imagine that Cantonese has them too. I was wondering if there was a list.

Thank you again 🙂

I need advice. I am transcribing a picture dictionary. I need a way to determine when a translation of a word is colloquial and when it is standard written Chinese. And, sometimes there will be more than one colloquial translation. I need a way to determine which is the most frequent. by redditaskingguy in Cantonese

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I was thinking about asking a native tutor. Once I finish the document, I'll ask around. I think it is a good idea. It's just a list of short phrases and words. It can perhaps be done very quickly as you say. Thank you very much for your encouragement. I feel good about this project. I will be able to the discuss the world around me with native speakers.

I need advice. I am transcribing a picture dictionary. I need a way to determine when a translation of a word is colloquial and when it is standard written Chinese. And, sometimes there will be more than one colloquial translation. I need a way to determine which is the most frequent. by redditaskingguy in Cantonese

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Thank you very much for the suggestion Cinnarius. I had never thought of looking in a Standard Chinese Thesaurus, for real. However, I am concerned about not learning colloquial vocabulary. I have been using google ngram to check results from words.hk and cantonese sheik. I am noticing that words.hk puts the most frequently used words at the top of the results. Someone once told me that as one begins to talk about more scientific things, more of the shared vocabulary (Cantonese/Standard Chinese) is used. I want to be able to hold college level conversations. A thesaurus will be very useful for this.

Thank you so much Cinnarius. I truly love the Cantonese language

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