Abstract
For this paper, the researcher attempts to describe the clause structure of Tagalog using Cognitive Grammar (CG). Abiding by the said framework, sentences are regarded as grammatical constructions that represent different event schemas, which are then categorised into situations in: (1) the material world, or how the structured world exists, changes, or undergoes processes; and (2) the psychological world, or the internal world of human sensation, emotion, perception and thought. Analysing the semantic grammar of Tagalog, that is, looking at linguistic utterances as motivated by the meaning that the speaker wants to express, this study aims to provide new insights with regards to the characteristics of the components of grammar as a reflection of cognition.
Highlights
The concept of “grammar” that is not limited to morphosyntax, but incorporates the system of meaning assignment, or semantics, is fostered by a relatively new theoretical framework in the scientific study of language, Cognitive Linguistics, which arose during the ‘70s based on studies on Gestalt, and system of categorisation among humans
The categories of the simple sentences in Tagalog based on the Cognitive Grammar (CG) echoes the principle that grammar and semantics cannot be separated; rather, the lexicon and grammar create a continuum of symbolic elements (Langacker, 2006: 41)
In the utterance of a linguistic unit from a morpheme thru a sentence, the speaker chooses a particular image schema in order to convey the observed situation to another speaker (Langacker, 2006: 41)
Summary
The concept of “grammar” that is not limited to morphosyntax, but incorporates the system of meaning assignment, or semantics, is fostered by a relatively new theoretical framework in the scientific study of language, Cognitive Linguistics, which arose during the ‘70s based on studies on Gestalt, and system of categorisation among humans. The Material and the Psychological: An Analysis of the Clause Structure of Tagalog Using Cognitive Grammar grammatically well-formed sentence should not be semantically anomalous; a grammatically sound construction is not separated from it being perceived as acceptable or sensible to the speaker. In this study the researcher shall not look at the difference of CG to other existing theories, even though the beginnings of the Cognitive Linguistics enterprise to which the said framework belongs resulted from an explicit reaction against the generative tradition of the scientific study of language. There will be a number of points in this research that carry this implication
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