کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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935580 | 923897 | 2012 | 11 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |

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.
Journal: Lingua - Volume 122, Issue 3, February 2012, Pages 204–214