Aspect in Malay Verbs: Realigning Time and Volition to Malay Events

This article examines existing studies of Malay verbs by major local Malay scholars. An interesting finding from the review is that there is a lack of emphasis on aspect as a semantic category in Malay verbs. The lack of overt tense marking in Malay verbs suggests that the verbs operate according to...

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Main Author: Jyh Wee Sew
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak 2016-06-01
Series:Issues in Language Studies
Online Access:http://publisher.unimas.my/ojs/index.php/ILS/article/view/1628