Syntax-Semantics Interface in Malay Comparatives
Malay is an SVO agglutinative language. The language expresses comparatives morphologically and syntactically. Syntactically, the degree adverb, such as ‘sangat’ and ‘paling’, is used to indicate comparative by placing itu before or after an adjective as shown in (1) to (3): (1) Shafiq seorang ketu...
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my.usm.eprints.45723 http://eprints.usm.my/45723/ Syntax-Semantics Interface in Malay Comparatives Bakar, Norsofiah Abu Yusoff, Radiah H1-99 Social sciences (General) Malay is an SVO agglutinative language. The language expresses comparatives morphologically and syntactically. Syntactically, the degree adverb, such as ‘sangat’ and ‘paling’, is used to indicate comparative by placing itu before or after an adjective as shown in (1) to (3): (1) Shafiq seorang ketua yang sangat tegas. (2) Tapi, aku malu pada diri aku sendiri dan malu sangat pada dia. (3) Maka dengan ugama kita Islam inilah senjata kita yang paling tajam dan kuat buat mengalahkan sekalian musuh-musuh kita itu. Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan Moussa, Pourya Asl Kumaran, Rajandran Azam, Yasir 2019 Book Section PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/45723/1/ART29.pdf Bakar, Norsofiah Abu and Yusoff, Radiah (2019) Syntax-Semantics Interface in Malay Comparatives. In: The 5Th International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture. Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia, pp. 145-149. ISBN 9789674614362 |
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Malay is an SVO agglutinative language. The language expresses comparatives morphologically and syntactically. Syntactically, the degree adverb, such as ‘sangat’ and ‘paling’, is used to indicate comparative by placing itu before or after an adjective as shown in (1) to (3):
(1) Shafiq seorang ketua yang sangat tegas.
(2) Tapi, aku malu pada diri aku sendiri dan malu sangat pada dia.
(3) Maka dengan ugama kita Islam inilah senjata kita yang paling tajam dan kuat buat mengalahkan sekalian musuh-musuh kita itu. |
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