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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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H1-99 Social sciences (General) |
| Divisions: | Pusat Pengajian Ilmu Kemanusiaan (School of Humanities) > International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture (ICLLIC) Koleksi Penganjuran Persidangan (Conference Collection) > International Conference on Linguistics, Literature and Culture (ICLLIC) |
| Depositing User: | Puan Sukmawati Muhamad |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2019 02:21 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2019 02:21 |
| URI: | http://eprints.usm.my/id/eprint/45723 |
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