This work is a collection of Tagalog texts accompanied by English translations and a detailed grammatical analysis. Written by linguist Leonard Bloomfield, it documents the structure of Tagalog and reflects early twentieth-century descriptive linguistics. It is worth listening to for its clear language examples and methodical approach to grammar.
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS STUDIES IN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
Vol. III May–November, 1917 Nos. 2–4 Board of Editors George T. Flom William A. Oldfather Stuart P. Sherman Published by the University of Illinois Under the Auspices of the Graduate School Urbana, Illinois
Copyright, 1917 By the University of Illinois. TAGALOG TEXTS WITH GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS PART I: TEXTS AND TRANSLATION PART II: GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS
PART III: LIST OF FORMATIONS AND GLOSSARY ВУ LEONARD BLOOMFIELD UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS 1917
Table of Contents PART I PAGE Preface 9 List of Books and Articles consulted 13 Texts in Phonetic Transcription and Translation 16 PART II—GRAMMATICAL ANALYSIS A. PHONETICS 134 1. Distinctive sounds 134 2. Syllabication 138 3. Accentuation 141 B. SYNTAX 146 1. Sentence and word 146 a. Syntactic relations 146 b. Parts of speech 146 c. Static and transient words 147 d. Personal names 147 e. The object construction 148 f. Expressions of indefinite quantity 150 2. Subject and predicate 151 a. Non-predicative sentences 151 b. The subject 153 c. The predicate 153 d. Subordinate predications 159 e. Omission of predicate 160 3. Attributes 160 a. Conjunctive attributes 162 b. Disjunctive attributes 170 c. Local attributes 177 d. Absolute attributes 180 4. Serial groups 205 C. MORPHOLOGY 210 1. Composition 210
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