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SUMMARY:Looking at Language Acquisition XII - Aspect markers in Brunei Mal
 ay - Aznah Suhaimi\, RCEAL\, University of Cambridge
DTSTART:20110510T154000Z
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CONTACT:Chris Cummins
DESCRIPTION:It has been shown that there is a universal basis for the inte
 raction between grammatical aspect and the inherent lexical aspect of verb
 s (also known as aktionsart). In other words\, in many languages of the wo
 rld\, a given grammatical aspect will co-occur naturally with some verb ty
 pes but not with others. This study is an attempt to describe the semantic
  functions of four aspect markers that have been identified in Brunei Mala
 y namely sudah\, baru\, lakat\, tangah and masih by looking at their co-oc
 currences with different lexical aspect verbs (as categorised by Vendler\,
  1967). We discuss the results obtained from questionnaires done with adul
 t native speakers of Brunei Malay. 
LOCATION:GR-03\, English Faculty Building
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