The coming of the 21st century has brought forth a promise of advancement in various fields of studies including most technological science. While computers had been around since the 20th century, the flash flood of technological... more
The coming of the 21st century has brought forth a promise of advancement in various fields of studies including most technological science. While computers had been around since the 20th century, the flash flood of technological advancement only came in the early 21st
century. Towards the end of the first decade of the century, computer and software companies produced a gazillion updates and probably earned billions and trillions of money.
With the fast-paced way of life of the 21st century, advancement did not only come in the technological and natural science field, but also in the playgrounds of social sciences. People had been more curious about how they interact, what causes the interaction and how it affects the
community. It is not confined within their communities but rather it expands to the whole world. As technology continues to update itself, linguistics had also continued to grow. Many people have now seen the importance of linguistics in their lives. As such, many devote themselves in the study of the languages of the world, including Philippine languages.
This paper aims to see the development of Philippine linguistics in the early 21st century and to figure out the current trends in said field as evidenced by academic researches published and/or presented during the time range. This also aims to give a brief discussion on these trends and their possible motivations. And lastly, this paper intends to hypothesize some projections on the track that Philippine linguistics may take in the future.
century. Towards the end of the first decade of the century, computer and software companies produced a gazillion updates and probably earned billions and trillions of money.
With the fast-paced way of life of the 21st century, advancement did not only come in the technological and natural science field, but also in the playgrounds of social sciences. People had been more curious about how they interact, what causes the interaction and how it affects the
community. It is not confined within their communities but rather it expands to the whole world. As technology continues to update itself, linguistics had also continued to grow. Many people have now seen the importance of linguistics in their lives. As such, many devote themselves in the study of the languages of the world, including Philippine languages.
This paper aims to see the development of Philippine linguistics in the early 21st century and to figure out the current trends in said field as evidenced by academic researches published and/or presented during the time range. This also aims to give a brief discussion on these trends and their possible motivations. And lastly, this paper intends to hypothesize some projections on the track that Philippine linguistics may take in the future.
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This paper implores the question of ergativity of Kapampangan through the presence of antipassive constructions in the language. Philippine languages had been claimed to be best described as an accusative language, or not at all. Only a... more
This paper implores the question of ergativity of Kapampangan through the presence of antipassive constructions in the language. Philippine languages had been claimed to be best described as an accusative language, or not at all. Only a few claimed that Philippine languages, including Kapampangan, as ergative language. Kapampangan contains a stable pronominal clitics that provide information for the core arguments of the clause and follow an ergative system. Also, it proves the presence of antipassives, an intransitive-like construction that contains two or more arguments but only has one core argument. Ergative analysis is utilized to examine these constructions. This analysis is limited to simple transitive, intransitive and antipassive constructions in Kapampangan.