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The 9th Philippine Linguistics Congress(25-27 January 2006)

The University of the Philippines, Diliman, Quezon City, ThePhilippines

(Non-ISI/Non-SCOPUS Cited Publication)

http://web.kssp.upd.edu.ph/linguistics/plc2006/.../III-A-

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Aim of the study

to explicate the application of The Minimalist

Program (MP) in Bahasa Melayu and Cebuano The comparative analysis of double object

construction (DOC) (predicational layer)

Synchronic analysis on the morphological andsyntactic properties of 3-place Malay andCebuano verbs.


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Properties Bahasa Malaysia (BM) Davao Cebuano (DC)

LanguageFamily

Austronesian

Type of Lang. Agglutinative

Morphology PRODUCTIVE; the argument structure and thematic structure ofverbs is increased based on the verbal affixes

(eg. see next slide)

Word Order SVO VOS

Verb Marked by the agentive marker

(me-) or by passive marker prefix (di)

Marked by aspect and are

inflected with othergrammatical categories.

Ex of word :EAT

Makan (eat)Memakan (to eat)Dimakan (to be eaten)

Kaun (eat)Gikaun (to eat)Mukaun (to eat)Nangaun (are/were eating)


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BM verbs DC verbs Meaning

membuat: V:

magbuhat: V:

To make

something

Membuatkan: V:

buhatan: V:

To make

something forsomeone

menjahit: V:

magtahi: V:

To sew

something

Menjahitkan: V:

tahian: V:

To sewsomething for

someone

Explanation: BM verbs with prefix (meN) have 2 arguments and 2 theta rolesDV verbs with prefix (mag) have 2 arguments and 2 theta roles BM and DV with suffix (kan) and (an) have 3 arguments and 3 theta roles.

BM memberikan, menghantar, menderma (to give, to send, to donate)DC maghatag, magpada, maglimos


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Nasirin memberikan bungkusan itu kepada AndreMemberikan: V:

1. The NP which is the daughter of vPis interpreted as Source2. The DP which is the daughter of VP

is interpreted as Theme3. The PP which is the daughter of V is

interpreted as the Recipient.

Canonical Structural Realization (CSR)

DP


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Maghatag ug libro sa bata si MariaMaghatag: V:

1. The NP which is the daughter of vPis interpreted as Source2. The DP which is the daughter of VP

is interpreted as Theme3. The PP which is the daughter of V is

interpreted as the Recipient.


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Experienceof L

Faculty ofLanguage / FL

Grammarof L

Acquisition throughobservation

input

Devise a grammar

output

Grammar of language being acquired

Innateness Hypothesis 1st language tacit2nd / 3rd explicit

Locality PrincipleHolds all grammaticaloperations including agreementand case assignment

WH-parameter

Null Subject parameter

Head Position Parameter

Principles and

Parameters

Theory (PPT)

THE

MINIMALIST

PROGRAM


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MP is composed of lexicon and the computational system(CS)

Radford , A.(2009).An Introduction to English Sentence Structure.Cambridge University Press: New York.

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LexiconSyntax

Syntacticstructure

Semantic

component

PF

component

Semantic

representationPF

representation

= THOUGHT

SYSTEM

= SPEECHSYSTEM


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Kannan Gopal kitta buthagam koduphan (Kannan) (Gopal) (to book) (gives)

Kannan gives the book to Gopal

Koduphan: V: [1,2,3]


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Rare among language in general Hixkaryana (Carib; Brazil; Derbyshire 1979: 87) toto y-ahosL-ye kamara

(man) (3:3-grab-distant.pst) jaguar

The jaguar grabbed the man.

ahosL : V: [1,2]


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Darrasa al-muallimu al-atfaala al-darsa (taught) (the teacher) (the children) (the lesson) The teacher taught the children the lesson Darrasa: V: [1,2,3]


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