An Ergative Description of Sama Bangingi' |
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... Tagalog to be at least surface - ergative by virtue of ergative morphology and the preponderance of ergative constructions among transitive sentences in discourse . To them , this functional criterion is essential . The status of a ...
... Tagalog to be at least surface - ergative by virtue of ergative morphology and the preponderance of ergative constructions among transitive sentences in discourse . To them , this functional criterion is essential . The status of a ...
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... Tagalog . The results of Fox's tabulation indicated that 76 % of transitive clauses were UF ( both ergative and ... Tagalog should not be considered an accusative language . Whether Tagalog is ergative or “ neutral ” is not as clear ...
... Tagalog . The results of Fox's tabulation indicated that 76 % of transitive clauses were UF ( both ergative and ... Tagalog should not be considered an accusative language . Whether Tagalog is ergative or “ neutral ” is not as clear ...
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... Tagalog ( 1984 : 135,138 ) . The following sentences compare the intransitive and agent focus forms . ( 122 ) B - um - ili ang lalake ng AF - buy tm isda ... sa man ( U ) fish tindahan . obl store ... " The man bought fish at the store ...
... Tagalog ( 1984 : 135,138 ) . The following sentences compare the intransitive and agent focus forms . ( 122 ) B - um - ili ang lalake ng AF - buy tm isda ... sa man ( U ) fish tindahan . obl store ... " The man bought fish at the store ...
Contents
SAMA BANGINGI VERBAL SYSTEM | 4 |
ERGATIVITY AND PHILIPPINE LANGUAGES | 32 |
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absolutive NP accusative action affixation agent focus antipassive argument aspect assigned Bangingi basic become beneficiary called causative Chapter clause clearly Compare complex Comrie considered controlled core definite deleted derived discourse discussion distribution ergative analysis ergative constructions ergative languages evidence examples express fact factors focus constructions focuses frequently function further gapped give given identified illustrate immediately imperative indicates intransitive involve jackfruit less linguistic looked marked marker morphology mother narrative mode nominal non-agent focus non-topic agent notion noun phrase object oblique occur particle passive pattern Philippine languages pragmatic topic pronoun question reasons referent relative requires role root Sama Bangingi seems semantic sentence sigaam similar structure subject properties surface syntactic ergativity syntactic pivot syntactic processes syntactic topic syntax Tagalog term texts transitive constructions treated turtle undergoer focus underlying undergoer unmarked verb verbal woman