Relational processes in Tagalog: A Systemic functional linguistic perspective

• Main Authors: Martin, J R, Cruz, Priscilla Angela T
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2019
• Subjects: Relational process; Attributive; Identifying; Existential; transitivity; Tagalog; South and Southeast Asian Languages and Societies
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/english-faculty-pubs/46; https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-981-13-9883-4_12
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

This chapter is concerned with the way Tagalog clauses relate entities to one another, to qualities, and to a range of circumscribing relations (e.g. location in time and place). The analysis is informed by Systemic Functional Linguistics (hereafter SFL), as introduced in Matthiessen and Halliday (2...