Publications
Publication details [#5257]
Kachru, Yamuna. 1979. Pragmatics and verb serialization in Hindi-Urdu. Studies in the Linguistic Sciences 9 (2) : 157–169.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
Language as a subject
Annotation
A review of existing descriptions of compound or serial verbal constructions in Hindi-Urdu, intended to show that a purely semantic-syntactic approach is inadequate, and that pragmatics must be taken into account.