Verb Movement and the Syntax of Kashmiri
R.M. Bhatt, Rakesh Mohan Bhatt
This book investigates the phenomenon of verb-second in a language outside the Germanic family, a relatively unknown and unanalyzed Indo-Aryan language called Kashmiri. Kashmiri is unique in that it exhibits both the German/Dutch type of verb-second as well as the Yiddish/Icelandic type. The comparative theoretical treatment adopted in this book serves three functions. First, it provides an opportunity to examine and ascertain the limitations of the current models of verb-second grammar in light of new, typologically different data. Second, it presents a parametric account of verb-second and explores its consequences for a general theory of verb movement, mainly in terms of triggers, landing sites, and clause structure. Third, it proposes a theory of Case and Checking that locates the structural positions where grammatical functions are licensed in verb-second clause-structure. The discussions also include a comprehensive account of most of the central and crucial syntactic processes of Kashmiri.
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Année:
1999
Edition:
Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2000
Editeur::
Springer
Langue:
english
Pages:
308
ISBN 10:
9048153441
ISBN 13:
9789048153442
Collection:
Studies in Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
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PDF, 23.92 MB
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english, 1999