A cross-linguistic investigation of Malay and English temporal systems

This cross-linguistic study traces the patterns of Malay and English linguistic subsystems and investigates similarities and differences between them. It focuses on the lexico-grammatical features of the two languages and in particular, on present time temporal references. The data collection of thi...

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Main Author: Lotfie, Maskanah Mohammad
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
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Published: 2010
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/63158/11/63158_A%20cross-linguistic%20investigation%20of%20Malay.pdf
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description This cross-linguistic study traces the patterns of Malay and English linguistic subsystems and investigates similarities and differences between them. It focuses on the lexico-grammatical features of the two languages and in particular, on present time temporal references. The data collection of this study involved the production of Malay and English written corpora from two groups of Malay native speakers who used English as a second language at the tertiary level. Detailed analysis of the written output provides an elucidation of tranfer issues and clarifications of first language-second language (L1-L2) relationships in the acquisiton of temporal systems. Acquisitional patterns of target items have been traced where the patterns substantiate the differences between Malay and English present time forms with acquisitional difficulties being observed in the features that are incompatible in the two languages.
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spelling iium-631582018-04-24T08:14:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/63158/ A cross-linguistic investigation of Malay and English temporal systems Lotfie, Maskanah Mohammad PE English This cross-linguistic study traces the patterns of Malay and English linguistic subsystems and investigates similarities and differences between them. It focuses on the lexico-grammatical features of the two languages and in particular, on present time temporal references. The data collection of this study involved the production of Malay and English written corpora from two groups of Malay native speakers who used English as a second language at the tertiary level. Detailed analysis of the written output provides an elucidation of tranfer issues and clarifications of first language-second language (L1-L2) relationships in the acquisiton of temporal systems. Acquisitional patterns of target items have been traced where the patterns substantiate the differences between Malay and English present time forms with acquisitional difficulties being observed in the features that are incompatible in the two languages. 2010-12-15 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63158/1/Lotfie%202010%20MYCASELT_P%20Slides.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/63158/11/63158_A%20cross-linguistic%20investigation%20of%20Malay.pdf Lotfie, Maskanah Mohammad (2010) A cross-linguistic investigation of Malay and English temporal systems. In: The Malaysian International Conference on Academic Strategies in English Language Teaching (My_CASELT 2010), 15th-16th Dec. 2010, Shah Alam, Selangor. (Unpublished)
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Lotfie, Maskanah Mohammad
A cross-linguistic investigation of Malay and English temporal systems
title A cross-linguistic investigation of Malay and English temporal systems
title_full A cross-linguistic investigation of Malay and English temporal systems
title_fullStr A cross-linguistic investigation of Malay and English temporal systems
title_full_unstemmed A cross-linguistic investigation of Malay and English temporal systems
title_short A cross-linguistic investigation of Malay and English temporal systems
title_sort cross-linguistic investigation of malay and english temporal systems
topic PE English
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/63158/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/63158/1/Lotfie%202010%20MYCASELT_P%20Slides.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/63158/11/63158_A%20cross-linguistic%20investigation%20of%20Malay.pdf