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Morpho-syntactic concept and contribution of Tholkaappiyar : a view from a different prism

The concept of morpho-syntax is defined as ‘the study of grammatical affixes or linguistic units that have both morphological and syntactic properties’. The author of Tholkaappiyam, the earliest written Tamil grammar of 300 B.C., explains this concept exhaustively in different chap...

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Main Authors: Muthusamy, Paramasivam, Hassan @ Hussin, Omrah, Pillai, N. Nadaraja, Muniandy, Rajantheran, Kandsamy, Silllalee S., Subramaniam, Manimaran
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Published: PalArch Foundation 2020
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86838/1/Morpho-syntactic%20concept%20.pdf
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https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/3916
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spelling my.upm.eprints.868382021-10-09T20:19:04Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86838/ Morpho-syntactic concept and contribution of Tholkaappiyar : a view from a different prism Muthusamy, Paramasivam Hassan @ Hussin, Omrah Pillai, N. Nadaraja Muniandy, Rajantheran Kandsamy, Silllalee S. Subramaniam, Manimaran The concept of morpho-syntax is defined as ‘the study of grammatical affixes or linguistic units that have both morphological and syntactic properties’. The author of Tholkaappiyam, the earliest written Tamil grammar of 300 B.C., explains this concept exhaustively in different chapters. This notion of modern Linguistics is to be added as one of the levels of language for research and teaching grammar as well. A per the author of the grammar, tense is a morpho-semantic feature, which is added to finite verbs. Tense marker attributes to the meaning of the sentence and not to the sentence structure. That was his concept and contribution to the field of Linguistics. Features like, metonymy, ambiguity, gerund formation, etc., in the grammar, support the concept proposed. Selected verses from Tholkaappiyam have been quoted for the sustenance of his view. Additionally, this article brings in another very important concept of ‘mid-fix’, which is a new contribution to the field. PalArch Foundation 2020-11 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/86838/1/Morpho-syntactic%20concept%20.pdf Muthusamy, Paramasivam and Hassan @ Hussin, Omrah and Pillai, N. Nadaraja and Muniandy, Rajantheran and Kandsamy, Silllalee S. and Subramaniam, Manimaran (2020) Morpho-syntactic concept and contribution of Tholkaappiyar : a view from a different prism. PalArch’s Journal of Archaeology of Egypt/Egyptology, 17 (4). 3064 - 3081. ISSN 1567-214x https://archives.palarch.nl/index.php/jae/article/view/3916
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description The concept of morpho-syntax is defined as ‘the study of grammatical affixes or linguistic units that have both morphological and syntactic properties’. The author of Tholkaappiyam, the earliest written Tamil grammar of 300 B.C., explains this concept exhaustively in different chapters. This notion of modern Linguistics is to be added as one of the levels of language for research and teaching grammar as well. A per the author of the grammar, tense is a morpho-semantic feature, which is added to finite verbs. Tense marker attributes to the meaning of the sentence and not to the sentence structure. That was his concept and contribution to the field of Linguistics. Features like, metonymy, ambiguity, gerund formation, etc., in the grammar, support the concept proposed. Selected verses from Tholkaappiyam have been quoted for the sustenance of his view. Additionally, this article brings in another very important concept of ‘mid-fix’, which is a new contribution to the field.
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author Muthusamy, Paramasivam
Hassan @ Hussin, Omrah
Pillai, N. Nadaraja
Muniandy, Rajantheran
Kandsamy, Silllalee S.
Subramaniam, Manimaran
spellingShingle Muthusamy, Paramasivam
Hassan @ Hussin, Omrah
Pillai, N. Nadaraja
Muniandy, Rajantheran
Kandsamy, Silllalee S.
Subramaniam, Manimaran
Morpho-syntactic concept and contribution of Tholkaappiyar : a view from a different prism
author_facet Muthusamy, Paramasivam
Hassan @ Hussin, Omrah
Pillai, N. Nadaraja
Muniandy, Rajantheran
Kandsamy, Silllalee S.
Subramaniam, Manimaran
author_sort Muthusamy, Paramasivam
title Morpho-syntactic concept and contribution of Tholkaappiyar : a view from a different prism
title_short Morpho-syntactic concept and contribution of Tholkaappiyar : a view from a different prism
title_full Morpho-syntactic concept and contribution of Tholkaappiyar : a view from a different prism
title_fullStr Morpho-syntactic concept and contribution of Tholkaappiyar : a view from a different prism
title_full_unstemmed Morpho-syntactic concept and contribution of Tholkaappiyar : a view from a different prism
title_sort morpho-syntactic concept and contribution of tholkaappiyar : a view from a different prism
publisher PalArch Foundation
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