Morphosyntactic variation in the verb phrase

A Code Mixing Analysis of Javanese Community at Karang Anyar

Metahumaniora ◽

10.24198/metahumaniora.v7i2.18831 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 79

Author(s):

Merina Devira

Keyword(s):

Noun Phrase ◽

Verb Phrase ◽

Code Mixing ◽

Factors Influencing ◽

Syntactic Pattern ◽

The Subject

ABSTRAKTujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menggambarkan tentang faktor-faktor yangmempengaruhi penggunaan code mixing pada komunitas suku Jawa di desa Karang Anyar,Langsa, serta untuk menjelaskan pola sintaks yang terbentuk pada percakapan code mixingtersebut melalui diagaram pohon. Untuk mengumpulkan data, penelitian ini menggunakantiga metode: observasi, rekaman, dan wawancara. Subjek penelitian ini adalah 15 orangbersuku Jawa yang berumur 20-60 tahun. Data dalam penelitian ini adalah rekaman wawancarapara subjek dan rekaman percakapan para subjek yang terdapat tuturan code mixing. Hasildari penelitian ini menunjukkan tentang faktor yang mempengaruhi code mixing di desatersebut dan pola sintaks pada percakapan komunitas Jawa yang mengandung code mixingdalam hal penggunaan fase kata kerja, kata benda, kata bantu, dan kata seru.Kata kunci: code mixing, analisis, komunitas suku Jawa, pola sintaksABSTRACTThe aims of this research are to describe the factors influencing the use of code mixingin the Javanese community at Karang Anyar Village, Langsa, then to describe the syntacticpatterns in the code mixing of conversations uttered in that community by using a treediagram. To collect data, this study used three methods: observation, recording, and interviewmethod. The subjects of this study are 15 people of Javanese community aged 20-60 yearsold. The data in this research are the subject interview recordings and the subjects speechJavanese community at Karang Anyar Village Langsa in which code mixing are found. Theresult of this study showed two findings about the factors influencing the use of code mixing inthe Javanese community and the syntactic pattern in the conversation of Javanese communityin terms of the use of verb phrase (VP), noun phrase (NP), auxiliary, and interjection.Keywords: A Code Mixing, Analysis, Javanese Community, Syntactic Pattern

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Never saw one – first-person null subjects in spoken English1

English Language and Linguistics ◽

10.1017/s1360674316000216 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 22 (01) ◽

pp. 1-34 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

SUSANNE WAGNER

Keyword(s):

Cognitive Linguistics ◽

First Language ◽

First Person ◽

Null Subjects ◽

Language Variation And Change ◽

Future Studies ◽

Verb Phrase ◽

The One ◽

Colloquial Speech

While null subjects are a well-researched phenomenon in pro-drop languages like Italian or Spanish, they have not received much attention in non-pro-drop languages such as English, where they are traditionally associated with particular (written) genres such as diaries or are discussed under a broader umbrella term such as situational ellipsis. However, examples such as the one in the title – while certainly not frequent – are commonly encountered in colloquial speech, with first-person singular tokens outnumbering any other person.This article investigates the linguistic and non-linguistic factors influencing the (non-) realisation of first-person singular subjects in a corpus of colloquial English. The variables found to contribute to the observed variation are drawn from a variety of linguistic domains and follow up on research conducted in such different fields as first language acquisition (FLA), cognitive linguistics, discourse analysis, sociolinguistics and language variation and change. Of particular interest is the finding regarding the link between null subjects and complexity of the verb phrase, which patterns in a clearly linear fashion: the more complex the verb phrase, the more likely is a null realisation. Not discussed in this form before, this finding, given its high significance and its robustness in light of alternative coding, may prove to be an important candidate for inclusion in future studies on (English) null subjects.

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Ethnic Identity and Morphosyntactic Variation in San Francisco Chinatown

Creating Belonging in San Francisco Chinatown’s Diasporic Community ◽

10.1007/978-3-030-24993-9_4 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 65-123

Author(s):

Adina Staicov

Keyword(s):

Ethnic Identity ◽

San Francisco ◽

Morphosyntactic Variation

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Words ‘exist’, ‘go’ and the continuous aspects in Lianjiang Yue dialect

Bulletin of Chinese Linguistics ◽

10.1163/2405478x-90000066 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 305-322

Author(s):

Huayong Lin

Keyword(s):

Guangdong Province ◽

Verb Phrase

Some continuous aspects are usually grammaticalized from “Prep. + Loc.” in Chinese, so are in Lianjiang Yue dialect, west Guangdong Province. Different to Cantonese in Guangzhou, in Lianjiang Yue dialect, there are three kinds of continuous aspects which show action in progress, state continuance and situation continuance, while appropriately their positions in the sentences should be at the position of adverb, after verb phrase, and at the end of sentence. When the phrases composed by words ‘exist (在)’ and ‘go (走)’ show the meanings of action in progress and state continuance, they are different subtly, and only the word ‘exist’is used as a sentence particle.

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