ERIC ED125245: The “Ada” Verb of Being pdf

ERIC ED125245: The “Ada” Verb of Being

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This paper examines the various syntactic and semantic functions of the “ada” verb of “being” in Malay. The claim is made that there is an abstract uppermost “ada” in the underlying structure of Malay sentences that asserts or denies the truth of the surface main clause. A further claim is made that the “ada” of the uppermost sentence is identical to the “ada” of location and possession, the difference in meaning arising from the distinction in sentence structures in which the “ada” verb appears. Two informants were used in the study, one from Selangor State and one from Malacca State. (Author

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 1974-05
• Year: 1974
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Deep Structure, Form Classes (Languages), Language Patterns, Linguistic Theory, Malay, Semantics, Sentence Diagraming, Sentence Structure, Structural Linguistics, Surface Structure, Syntax, Verbs

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