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The Semantics of Focus in Amganad Ifugao

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West, Anne – Linguistics, 1973

Field work conducted under the auspices of the Summer Institute of Linguistics; research supported in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation. (DD)

Descriptors: Bibliographies, Distinctive Features (Language), Malayo Polynesian Languages, Phrase Structure

Agent-Patient Word-Order Preference in the Acquisition of Tagalog

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Segalowitz, Norman S.; Galang, Rosita G. – Journal of Child Language, 1978

In a study, Tagalog-speaking children, 3-, 5-, and 7-year olds, demonstrated better mastery of patient-focus (passive) than agent-focus (active) sentence structure. These results were attributed to the children's strategy of interpreting the first noun of a sentence to be the agent of the action. (SW)

Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Processes, Comprehension, Intellectual Development