Linguistic theory and South Asian languages : essays in honour of K.A. Jayaseelan
The South Asian languages, mainly Indo-Aryan and Dravidian, have become a focus of interest in the formal study of language as a natural consequence of the research program of the Principle and Parameters approach and an enforced interest in exploring the parametrical space of human language. The contributions to the present volume combine theoretical reasoning in syntax and phonology with a comparative research agenda in which South Asian languages figure prominently. The topics range from issues of clause structure, serial verb constructions, cleft- and question formation, to the question of
Linguistik aktuell, Bd. 102, v. 102
1 online resource (viii, 282 pages)
9789027292452, 9781282154575, 9786612154577, 9027292450, 1282154575, 6612154578
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Print version:
Linguistic Theory and South Asian Languages; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Photo of K.A. Jayaseelan; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; CLAUSE STRUCTURE; MODIFICATION IN DP; BINDING; COMPLEMENTIZERS AND COMPLEMENTATION; PHONOLOGY
Electronic reproduction, [Place of publication not identified], HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010
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