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The Word Final /-s/ in Tagalog Loanwords

The Word Final /-s/ in Tagalog Loanwords. Benjamin Fifield Brigham Young University. Summary. Introduction Filipino numbers Alphabet of 20 letters Positions Semantically driven Phonetically driven Methodology Analysis Conclusion Future Work Summary. Introduction. Filipino Numbers

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The Word Final /-s/ in Tagalog Loanwords

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  1. The Word Final /-s/ in Tagalog Loanwords Benjamin Fifield Brigham Young University

  2. Summary • Introduction • Filipino numbers • Alphabet of 20 letters • Positions • Semantically driven • Phonetically driven • Methodology • Analysis • Conclusion • Future Work • Summary

  3. Introduction • Filipino Numbers • 1-10 • 11-59 • 60+ • Tagalog Alphabet • A, E/I, O/U • P/F, B/V, K/C/S/Z

  4. Position 1 (Semantics) • Count Nouns • Grape • Ubas Tagalog • Uva Spanish • Bare Plurals • Glasses • Anteohos Tagalog • Anteojos Spanish

  5. Position 2 (Phonetics) • Rule governed change • Boot • Botas Tagalog • Bota Spanish • C[+stop]V___#  S

  6. Methodology • List of loan words • English • Spanish • 25 words • 19+ = 75%+

  7. Analysis • 8 bare plurals • 11 count nouns • 6 undetermined • Pulbos (possible count noun) • 76% of the words fall under the first two categories (80% with Pulbos)

  8. Analysis (cont.) • C[+stop]V__#  S • 14 or 56% • C[+glide]V__#  S • 3 or 12% • hV__#  S • 3 or 12% • NV__#  S • 3 or 12% • VV__#  S • 2 or 8%

  9. Conclusion • The word final /-s/ is semantically driven • 76% of the words were either bare plurals or count nouns

  10. Future Work • English corpus

  11. Summary • Introduction • Filipino numbers • Alphabet of 20 letters • Positions • Semantically driven • Phonetically driven • Methodology • Analysis • Conclusion • Future Work

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