A Closer Look at the Pangasinan Verbal Affixes maN- and oN-
The main objective of this paper is to present a simple description and discussion of the semantic and grammatical functions of the Pangasinan verbal affixes maN- and oN-. The semantic description of the functions of these Pangasinan verbal affixes was based on the meanings derived from the combin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Learned Press
2017-12-01
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| Series: | Macrolinguistics |
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| Online Access: | http://www.macrolinguistics.com/index.php?c=msg&id=699& |
| Summary: | The main objective of this paper is to present a simple description and discussion of the semantic and grammatical functions of the Pangasinan verbal affixes maN- and oN-. The semantic description of the functions of these Pangasinan verbal affixes was based on the meanings derived from the combination of the verbal affix and a list of compatible verb roots. Verb roots that are semantically related were also identified and classified to present an evidence that support the view that in particular semantic classes of verb roots, the root-affix correspondence is regular. The grammatical functions, on the other hand, were determined based on the type of arguments selected by the verbs, which were derived using the two verbal affixes. At least 370 verb roots were analyzed to identify the semantic and grammatical functions of these verbal affixes. |
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| ISSN: | 1934-5755 1934-5755 |