Reduplicating nouns and verbs in Malay
Subtitle: a conceptual analysis
By: Jyh Wee Sew.
Publisher: University of Malaya Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Kuala Lumpur
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9789831004456
Subjects: Malay language -- Grammar; Malay language -- Noun; Malay language -- Verb
First sentence: Malay is part of the Nusantao subgrouping.
Description: In the analysis of noun reduplication, the study differentiates the plural reference of Malay noun reduplication from that of bare noun. This book provides a conceptual difference between orang (man) and orang-orang (men) in Malay. The pragmatics of noun reduplication is further identified with the concepts of definiteness and specificity in reference. The analyses show that definiteness of a noun reference varies across expression types. Answers to why reduplicated nouns cannot appear in some expressions are also provided. Malay verb reduplication, on the other hand, is examined in terms of aspect. This is the first analysis of Malay verb reduplication within internal temporal framework that projects a hypothesis on aspectuality. Perfective aspect in bounded verbs becomes the operating factor in verb reduplication. By invoking profile determinant in Cognitive Grammar, affixes are recognised as devices underpinning the reduplication of imperfective Malay verbs.  This book offer insights on the interplay of cognitive boundary as the underlying operator in Malay reduplication. The findings further the existing understanding on the syntax and semantics of reduplicated nouns and verbs in Malay discourse.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 175-185) and index.
Table of contents: title: Chapter One 	Introduction; title: Chapter Two 	Literature Review; title: Chapter Three 	Theoretical Foundations; title: Chapter Four 	The Semantics of Malay Noun; title: Chapter Five                  The Pragmatics of Malay Noun Reduplication; title: Chapter Six 	The Semantics of Malay Verb; title: Chapter Seven              The Semantics of Malay Verb Reduplication; title: Chapter Eight	Conclusion; title: Bibliography; title: Dictionaries; title: Appendix I; title: Appendix II:  Reduplication in Malay Radio Broadcasts; title: Appendix III: Perjanjian London; title: Appendix IV: The Reduplication of Malay Noun Compounds; title: Appendix V:  The Prefixation of Malay Eventualities