Focus Types and Agent-Patient Word-Order Preference in Tagalog.

Kess, Joseph F.

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ERIC Number: EJ206539

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979-Jun

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Focus Types and Agent-Patient Word-Order Preference in Tagalog.

Kess, Joseph F.

Journal of Child Language, v6 n2 p359-64 Jun 1979

This article discusses a study by Segalowitz and Galang that reports results showing better mastery of patient-focus sentences than agent-focus sentences for Tagalog children. (CFM)

Descriptors: Child Language, English, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Research, Linguistic Performance, Nouns, Psycholinguistics, Sentence Structure, Sentences, Tagalog, Verbs, Word Order

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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