External arguments and ter- in Malay

dc.contributor.authorSoh, Hooi Ling
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-17T20:49:15Z
dc.date.available2016-06-17T20:49:15Z
dc.date.issued1995-01
dc.description.abstractThe verbal prefix ter- in Malay is associated with three unrelated meanings: adjectival passive (be V-ed), accidental (happened to V) and abilitative (able to V). We argue that the prefix ter- has no independent semantic content, and the various interpretations of ter- result from ter- suppressing certain elements in the argument structure of the verb. Based on the behavior of the prefix ter, we propose a model of argument structure which allows us to modify the semantic roles within the thematic and the aspectual tiers of the argument structure. We propose that argument structure operations include the delinking of a semantic role (thematic and/or aspectual) from the argument. This delinking mechanism permits finer operations on arguments, resulting in a more articulated inventory of argument types.en_US
dc.description.refereedYesen_US
dc.identifier.citationSoh, H. L. (1995). External arguments and ter- in Malay. Calgary Working Papers in Linguistics, 17(Winter), 39-50.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/28916
dc.identifier.issn2371-2643
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1880/51377
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.publisher.departmentLinguisticsen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArtsen_US
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Calgaryen_US
dc.subjectLinguisticsen_US
dc.subjectSyntaxen_US
dc.subjectMorphologyen_US
dc.subjectMalay languageen_US
dc.titleExternal arguments and ter- in Malayen_US
dc.typejournal article
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