Chapter One:General Introduction 1
1.1 Facts 1
1.2 An Overview 4
1.3 Organization of the Dissertation 5
Chapter Two:Previous Analyses of the Two Particles 6
2.1 Earlier Approaches 6
2.2 Paris's Analysis of Cai and Jiu 8
2.3 Biq's Analysis of Caiand Jiu 17
2.4 Summary 28
Chapter Three:Theories of Corresponding Particles in Other Languages 30
3.1 L？bner's(1989)"Duality Hypothesis" 30
3.2 Van der Auwera's(1993)"Double Alternative Hypothesis" 33
3.3 Garrido's(1992)"Expectation Theory" 37
3.4 Michaelis's(1993)Analysis of the Polysemy of Adverbial Still 38
3.5 Summary 40
Chapter Four:An Analysis of Cai and Jiu 42
4.1 The Temporal Use of Cai and Jiu 42
4.2 The Restrictive Use of Cai and Jiu 88
4.3 The Conditionals vs.Cai and Jiu 112
4.4 The Emphatic Use of Cai and Jiu 134
4.5 Summary 145
Chapter Five:Concluding Remarks 148
5.1 Summary of the Analysis 148
5.2 Further Issues 151
References 153
VITA 158