The Lexicon–Syntax Interface
Perspectives from South Asian languages
Editors
The present collection offers fresh perspectives on the lexicon-syntax interface, drawing on novel data from South Asian languages like Bangla, Hindi-Urdu, Kashmiri, Kannada, Malayalam, Manipuri, Punjabi, and Telugu. It covers different phenomena like adjectives, nominal phrases, ditransitives, light verbs, middles, passives, causatives, agreement, and pronominal clitics, while trying to settle the theoretical tensions underlying the interaction of the lexicon with the narrow syntactic component. All the chapters critically survey previous analyses in detail, suggesting how these may or may not be extended to South Asian languages. Novel explanations are proposed, which handle not only the novel data presented here, but also pave alternative ways to look at issues of minimalist architecture.
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 209] 2014. vii, 275 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Acknowledgement | pp. vii–viii
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The lexicon-syntax interface: Some issuesPritha Chandra and Richa Srishti | pp. 1–24
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Property concepts and the apparent lack of adjectives in DravidianMythili Menon | pp. 25–52
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Adjective-fronting as evidence for Focus and Topic within the Bangla nominal domainSaurov Syed | pp. 53–70
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Rich resultsR. Amritavalli | pp. 71–100
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Lexical semantics of transitivizer light verbs in TeluguRahul Balusu | pp. 101–126
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Ditransitive structures in Hindi/UrduShiti Malhotra | pp. 127–148
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Is Kashmiri passive really a passive?Richa Srishti and Shahid Bhat | pp. 149–170
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Middles in the syntaxPritha Chandra | pp. 171–196
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Not so high: The case of causee in South Asian Languages (Hindi, Kashmiri, Punjabi & Manipuri)Richa Srishti | pp. 197–216
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Agreement and verb types in Kutchi GujaratiPatrick Georg Grosz and Pritty Patel-Grosz | pp. 217–244
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Markedness and syncretism in Kashmiri differential argument encodingEmily Manetta | pp. 245–270
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Author index | pp. 271–274
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Subject index | pp. 275–276
“This volume of collected papers focuses on the lexicon-syntax interface of the languages of South Asia, which offer a relatively less explored, but rich and variegated, range of linguistic phenomena. The discussion of data ranges from the Dravidian languages of southern India to Kashmiri in the north, Kutchi Gujarati in the west and Manipuri in the east. The theoretical results that the papers come up with are very important for general linguistic theory and for our evolving understanding of the nature of Language.”
K A. Jayaseelan, The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad
Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFK: Grammar, syntax
Main BISAC Subject
LAN009000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General