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Tagalog Syntax

Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines. It has become known as Filipino, one of the national languages. Tagalog has a verbal hierarchy of projections of C>T>PASS>(PROG)>v>V and a nominal hierarchy of D>(POSS)>n>N. Verbs are marked for aspects like passive and progressive, but not person, number, or gender. Topicalization involves moving the topic to the front of the clause and adding a focus marker.

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Tagalog Syntax

Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken in the Philippines. It has become known as Filipino, one of the national languages. Tagalog has a verbal hierarchy of projections of C>T>PASS>(PROG)>v>V and a nominal hierarchy of D>(POSS)>n>N. Verbs are marked for aspects like passive and progressive, but not person, number, or gender. Topicalization involves moving the topic to the front of the clause and adding a focus marker.

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Tagalog Syntax

Josh Robison
Introduction
• Austronesian Family
• Malayo-Polynesian Branch
• Tagalog is spoken by a 1/3 of the Philippines and
is spoken as a second language by the rest of the
Philippines.
• Tagalog has become more known as Filipino
which is one of two national languages in the
Philippines.
General
• Parts of speech
• Basic Word Order
• Case marked on determiner
• No person, number, or gender agreement
on verbs
• No grammatical gender (even in pronouns)
Verbal Hierarchy of Projections
• C>T>PASS>(PROG)>v>V
• No Perf node
• Different order than English
Example
CP

C’ kinakain ko ang kukis


C TP eat.PASS.PRES I DET cookie
T’
“I am eating the cookie”
“The cookie is being eaten by me”
T PASSP
[uD]
[uV*]
[uInfl:Pres]
kinakain PASS’

PASS PROGP
[uInfl:Pres] /-in-/
[uV*] PROG’

PROG
[uInfl:Pres] RED vP
[uV*]
DP
ko
v’

v VP
[uV*]
V’

V DP

ang kukis
The Verb
kinakain

Verb Stem
RED
PASS
Nominal Hierarchy of Projections
• D>(POSS)>n>N
• Like English
• POSS node only shows up in pronoun
possession
Example
DP

D’

D POSSP
ang
[nom] POSS’

POSS nP

n’

n NP

N’

N PP

P’

P DP

kukis
DP (cont.)
DP ang pulang aso
D’ DET red.LINK dog
“The red dog”
D
ang
[nom] nP

AdjP nP

pula n’

n NP
ng
N’

N
aso
Topicalization
• Nagbasketbol si Juan.
• Si Juan ay nagbasketbol.
• Hinahanap niya ang bola.
• Ang bola ay hinahanap niya.
• Kumain ako ng pagkain.
• Ako ay kumain ng pagkain.

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