کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
935580 923897 2012 11 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Ergatives, antipassives and the overt light v in Hindi
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی علوم انسانی و هنر زبان و زبان شناسی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Ergatives, antipassives and the overt light v in Hindi
چکیده انگلیسی

This paper investigates the nature of ergative case assignment in a type of complex verb construction in Hindi. This construction involves a verbal complex that contains a main verb stem followed by a light verb. It is shown that the ergative case assignment in this construction depends crucially on the light verb. The evidence presented in the paper is highly suggestive of a view of vP shells in which the external argument introducing little v is a distinct head from the case assigning little v. Furthermore, a study of a range of lexical exceptions to the canonical ergative case assignment patterns in Hindi provides an argument that ergative case in Hindi is an inherent case.


► The role of light verbs in ergative case assignment in Hindi.
► Argument that the light verb that introduces the external argument is distinct from the light verb that assigns case.
► New type of evidence that ergative case is inherent.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Lingua - Volume 122, Issue 3, February 2012, Pages 204–214
نویسندگان
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