Speaking Backwards in Tagalog

This study considers the structural affinity of Golagat with a variety of ludlings in diverse languages, demonstrating how ludlings may yield insights into grammatical theory and the grammars of particular languages. Speaking backwards in Tagalog shows how the playful creativity of Pilipino childre...

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Main Author: David Gill
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaya 2017-07-01
Series:Journal of Modern Languages
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Online Access:https://ajap.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3860
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description This study considers the structural affinity of Golagat with a variety of ludlings in diverse languages, demonstrating how ludlings may yield insights into grammatical theory and the grammars of particular languages. Speaking backwards in Tagalog shows how the playful creativity of Pilipino children, constrained by the exigencies or phonological theory, interacts with the grammar of Tagalog to give rise to a ludling of exceptional beauty.
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spelling doaj-art-79eb9c6d4adc484c92b53b2a1c8d36e22024-11-23T18:59:01ZengUniversiti MalayaJournal of Modern Languages1675-526X2462-19862017-07-0191Speaking Backwards in TagalogDavid Gill0University of Washington,Seattle, U.S.A This study considers the structural affinity of Golagat with a variety of ludlings in diverse languages, demonstrating how ludlings may yield insights into grammatical theory and the grammars of particular languages. Speaking backwards in Tagalog shows how the playful creativity of Pilipino children, constrained by the exigencies or phonological theory, interacts with the grammar of Tagalog to give rise to a ludling of exceptional beauty. https://ajap.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3860diverse languages;Golagat;speaking backwards
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Speaking Backwards in Tagalog
Journal of Modern Languages
diverse languages;
Golagat;
speaking backwards
title Speaking Backwards in Tagalog
title_full Speaking Backwards in Tagalog
title_fullStr Speaking Backwards in Tagalog
title_full_unstemmed Speaking Backwards in Tagalog
title_short Speaking Backwards in Tagalog
title_sort speaking backwards in tagalog
topic diverse languages;
Golagat;
speaking backwards
url https://ajap.um.edu.my/index.php/JML/article/view/3860
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