Hindi Verb Classes

Srishti, Richa:
Hindi Verb Classes and their Argument Structure Alternations / Dr. Richa. - Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011. - x, 184 S. : Ill.
ISBN 978-1-4438-3148-2
£ 34,99 / US$ 52,99
DDC: 491.4356

Beschreibung
This book is an endeavour to probe into the areas of Hindi syntax which have been rather under-explored in generative literature. It investigates the syntax and semantics of Hindi verbs and their argument structure alternations within the minimalist framework. In the course of this exploration it examines unaccusativity, unergativity, transitive, causative alternations and passives in Hindi. The book will be of interest to theoretical linguists and computational linguists, as well as to Hindi syntax specialists. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Preface. ix
Abbreviations. xi
1. Introduction. 1
2. A Review of Existing Research. 13
3. Verb Classes in Hindi. 35
4. Unaccusative and Unergative Diagnostics. 53
5. Passives. 87
6. The Causative Alternation. 109
7. Hindi Transitives and Causatives: An Analysis. 135
Appendix. 161
Bibliography. 169

Autorin

Dr. RICHA is Senior Lecturer in the Linguistic Data Consortium for Indian Languages (LDC-IL) at the Central Institute for Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore, India. Her specialization is minimalist syntax. Primarily working in Hindi-Urdu, she has also worked in other languages such as Rangboli (a Tibeto-Burman language), EkeGusii (a Bantu language) and Indian Sign Language (ISL). She is the author of the book Possessive Reflexives and Pronominals in Hindi-Urdu and ISL: A Minimalist Perspective (2010). Profile page.

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