A reference grammar of Southern Bisakol

• Main Author: Fortes, Ana Cristina G.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 2019
• Subjects: Waray language—Grammar; Waray language—Variation; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_doctoral/1426; https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/context/etd_doctoral/article/2486/viewcontent/FINAL_DISSERTATION_Fortes__Ana_Cristina2.pdf
• Institution: De La Salle University

This dissertation is a linguistic description of Bisakol, the language spoken in southern Sorsogon. Interestingly, in the earlier studies on subgrouping of Philippine languages, Bisakol, also known as Sourthern Sorsogon, is a member of the Warayan group; yet, its speakers are, by their cultural affiliation and geographical location, Bikolano. In this paper, the grammar of the language covering the phonology, morphology, and syntax are analyzed and described. In doing the linguistic investigation, the researcher utilized the procedure in the Basic Linguistic Theory (Dixon, 2010a), and used the parameters on Philippine transitivity (Nolasco, 2005) and the morphosyntactic analysis and operation (Payne, 2006). Hence, this investigation confirms that Southern Bisakol has a simple syllabic structure with an obligatory onset, obligatory peak, and optional coda and that the language has a limited number of phonemic inventories. Certainly, morphemes in Bisakol are complex and multi-functional. The affixation process shows the layering of morphemes. The syntax of the language is shaped by the lexical and grammatical categories that have their own syntactic distribution in Bisakol clauses