Verb Movement and the Syntax of Kashmiri /
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 compara...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands,
1999.
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| Series: | Studies in natural language and linguistic theory ;
46. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789401592796 (electronic bk.) 9401592799 (electronic bk.) |
| ISSN: | 0924-4670 ; |