Peripheries in Kashmiri and Hindi-Urdu : the syntax of discourse-driven movement / Emily Manetta.
Material type: TextSeries: Language faculty and beyond ; v. 4.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (160 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9789027286994
- 902728699X
- 1283174936
- 9781283174930
- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
- Kashmiri language -- Syntax
- Hindi language -- Syntax
- Urdu language -- Syntax
- Syntaxe
- Kashmiri (Langue) -- Syntaxe
- Hindi (Langue) -- Syntaxe
- Ourdou (Langue) -- Syntaxe
- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Indic Languages
- Grammar, Comparative and general -- Syntax
- Hindi language -- Syntax
- Urdu language -- Syntax
- 491.4 22
- P291 .M29 2011eb
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Peripheries in Kashmiri and Hindi-Urdu; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Acknowledgements; 1. Introduction; 2. Feature Stacking; 3. Full and partial wh-movement in Kashmiri; 4. Wh-expletives in Hindi-Urdu; 5. Sluicing in Hindi-Urdu; 6. Conclusions; References; Index.
This research monograph is an investigation of wh-movement and wh-expletive constructions in the Indic languages Kashmiri and Hindi-Urdu. It advances a novel theory of the periphery, or the clausal positions that mediate A-bar movement. In particular, a detailed study of wh-expletives and wh-expletive constructions reveals an underlying similarity of design between the A and A-bar systems, and indicates that the two can be understood as driven by the same basic set of mechanisms. The monograph offers an account of wh-movement and the clausal periphery in the two languages, informed by the late.
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