The Lexicon–Syntax Interface: Perspectives from South Asian languages
Edited by Pritha Chandra and Richa Srishti
[Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 209] 2014. vii, 275 pp.
Pritha Chandra
List of John Benjamins publications for which Pritha Chandra plays a role.
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Subjects Generative linguistics | Syntax | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2016 Feature values and the expression of variation Biolinguistic Investigations on the Language Faculty, Di Sciullo, Anna Maria (ed.), pp. 103–124 | Article
This paper proposes that feature values emerge dynamically from the interaction between features and the internal/structural and language-external environments. Feature values constitute a second, flexible layer around a selected sub-set of innate features, and effect linguistic variation within… read more
2014 Middles in the syntax The Lexicon–Syntax Interface: Perspectives from South Asian languages, Chandra, Pritha and Richa Srishti (eds.), pp. 171–196 | Article
It is well-known that while some languages mark middles and passives similarly, some others mark them differently. Researchers opine that this difference may ensue from the loci of middle generation; they can be generated either in the lexicon or in the syntax. I present some problems with the… read more
2014 The lexicon-syntax interface: Some issues The Lexicon–Syntax Interface: Perspectives from South Asian languages, Chandra, Pritha and Richa Srishti (eds.), pp. 1–24 | Article