Between perfect and perfective. The meaning and function of Ambonese Malay su and suda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2903080 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Don Van Minde (Leiden University, corresponding author), Johnny Tjia (Leiden University) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 158 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 283-303 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Bijdragen tot de taal- land- en volkenkunde / Journal of the Humanities and Social Sciences of Southeast Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0006-2294 • E-ISSN: 2213-4379 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/22134379-90003782 |
| OpenAlex | W2060002335 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 6 |
Between Perfect and PerfectiveThe Meaning and Function of Ambonese Malay su and suda The searchfor translation equivalents as a source of investigationThe case of the Ambonese Malay pre-verbal marker su provides a good illustration of how tense, modality, and aspect (TMA) features interact in this language. 1These features are connected with a function of su on a higher discourse level, namely creating textual coherence in multi-clause sentences.Furthermore, since the pre-verbal marker sw is synchronically and diachronically related to the sentence-final particle suda, the said TMA and discourse features combine with pragmatic features to express subjective, speaker-oriented values.Stressing the basic interconnectedness of these features and functions, we will show that su is definable in terms of the perfect and perfective aspect as defined in the linguistic literature, while suda is best characterized as an illocutionary particle expressing a kind of decisiyeness.If sw and suda were unique to Ambonese Malay, the relevance of a feature analysis of these elements would be rather limited.However, there are cog
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