Experiencer Subjects in South Asian Languages - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0937073601 ISBN 13: 9780937073605

Casa editrice: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications, 1991

Riassunto

These papers explore an important syntactic feature of South Asian languages, the experiencer subject construction. Contributing scholars investigate this feature in such languages as Marathi, Bhojpuri, Sinhalese, Marwari, Oriya, Punjabi, Bengali, Kalasha, Gujarati, Bepali, Maithili, and Malayalam. The experiencer subject not only defines South Asian languages as a linguistic unit, but also has implications for theoretical linguistics. Mahendra Verma is a professor of linguistics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Tara Mohanan is a linguistics professor in the English department of the National University of Singapore.

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Contenuti

Preface; 1. Introduction to the experiencer subject construction Manindra K. Verma and K. P. Mohanan; 2. Subjects, case and INFL in Sinhala James W. Gair; 3. Dative subjects in Malayalam: semantic information in syntax K. P. Mohanan and Tara Mohanan; 4. Experiencer and other oblique subjects in Hindi Yamuna Kachru; 5. Comments on the papers by James W. Gair, Yamuna Kachru, and K. P. Mohanan and Tara Mohanan Margaret Speas; 6. Dative/experiencer subjects in Maithili Mithilesh K. Mishra; 7. Oblique subjects in Sanskrit Hans Henrich Hock; 8. A note on 'davite agents' in Sanskrit George Cardona; 9. Some features of the Sampradana Karaka in Panini Madhav M. Deshpande; 10. Experiencer (dative) NPs in Marathi Rajeshwari Pandharipande; 11. The notion 'subject' in Punjabi and Lahanda Tej K. Bhatia; 12. Experiencer subjects in Manipuri Shobhana Chelliah; 13. Dative/accusative subjects in Marwari David Magier; 14. Subjective experiencers in Northern Havyaka Kannada Helen E. Ullrich; 15. Experiental constructions and the 'subjecthood' of the experiencer NPs in South Asian languages Anvita Abbi; 16. The dative subject construction and the pro-drop parameter K. A. Jayaseelan; 17. Case-marking choices for experiencer subjects R. Amritavalli; 18. Involuntary experience in Kalasha Elena Bashir; 19. Experiencers in South Asian languages: a gallery Peter Edwin Hook; 20. Varied case markings in obligational constructions Colin P. Masica; 21. Cislocative, affectiveness, and experiencer subject in Gorum Arlene R. K. Zide; 22. Comments on the papers by Elena Bashir, Peter Hook, Colin P. Masica, and Arlene Zide Alice Davison; Indices.

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: The Center for the Study of Language and Information Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 1991
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0937073601
• ISBN 13: 9780937073605
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 371
• Redattore: Verma Mahendra K., Mohanan K. P.
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