Dravidian Syntax And Universal Grammar

Author : K.A. Jayaseelan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190630256
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dravidian Syntax and Universal Grammar written by K.A. Jayaseelan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-07-13 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume comprises twenty eight papers selected from the widely known work of K.A. Jayaseelan and R. Amritavalli on Dravidian. Collectively, these papers cover the entire area of Dravidian syntax: they range from broad questions such as sentence structure and word order to more particular questions such as the morphological basis of anaphora, the genesis of lexical categories, the morpho-syntax of quantifiers, and the syntax and semantics of questions. Important universalist claims are embedded in these essays; for this reason, this volume will be of interest also to a student of the general theory of syntax. No future discussion of Dravidian (or South Asian) languages is possible without taking into account the insightful analyses set forth in these pages.

Author : K. A. Jayaseelan
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ISBN 13 : 9780190630232
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Author : K. A. Jayaseelan
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190630221
Total Pages : 705 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dravidian Syntax and Universal Grammar written by K. A. Jayaseelan and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 705 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume comprises twenty eight papers selected from the widely known work of K.A. Jayaseelan and R. Amritavalli on Dravidian. Collectively, these papers cover the entire area of Dravidian syntax: they range from broad questions such as sentence structure and word order to more particular questions such as the morphological basis of anaphora, the genesis of lexical categories, the morpho-syntax of quantifiers, and the syntax and semantics of questions. Important universalist claims are embedded in these essays; for this reason, this volume will be of interest also to a student of the general theory of syntax. No future discussion of Dravidian (or South Asian) languages is possible without taking into account the insightful analyses set forth in these pages.

Author : K. A. Jayaseelan
Publisher : Allied Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9788170239444
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parametric Studies in Malayalam Syntax written by K. A. Jayaseelan and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sanford B. Steever
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317525396
Total Pages : 565 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dravidian Languages written by Sanford B. Steever and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 565 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dravidian language family is the world's fourth largest with nearly 250 million speakers across South Asia from Pakistan to Nepal, from Bangladesh to Sri Lanka. This authoritative reference source provides a unique description of the languages, covering their grammatical structure and historical development, plus sociolinguistic features. Each chapter combines a modern linguistic perspective with traditional historical linguistics, and a uniform structure allows for easy typological comparison between the individual languages. New to this edition are chapters on Beṭṭa Kuṟumba, Kuṛux, Kūvi and Malayāḷam, and enlarged sections in various existing chapters, as well as updated bibliographies and demographic data throughout. The Dravidian Languages will be invaluable to students and researchers within linguistics, and will also be of interest to readers in the fields of comparative literature, areal linguistics and South Asian studies.

Author : S. Agesthialingom
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 640 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dravidian Syntax written by S. Agesthialingom and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amanda Swenson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501510126
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Malayalam Verbs written by Amanda Swenson and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-09-23 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, using Malayalam as a case study, provides an in-depth exploration of how inflectional suffixes should be separated from the verb and the implications this has for the syntax and semantics. Past work has proposed that Malayalam lacks a Tense Phrase and tense morphology, i.e. is ‘tenseless’. However, this book shows that Malayalam behaves differently from other tenseless languages and that it does have tense morphology. It also provides evidence that there is a Tense Phrase in the syntax. In addition, it examines what have been called the two 'imperfectives' and argues that one is a type of progressive, while the other is a pluractional marker and shows that Malayalam lacks perfect morphology and a Perfect Phrase in, minimally, Universal perfects. With respect to finiteness, among other things, it argues that Conjunctive Participles are best analyzed as a type of absolutive adjunct and that -athu ‘gerunds’ involve nominalization above the Tense Phrase-level. This book will be a valuable resource for anyone interested in cross-linguistic variation in Tense-Aspect-Modality and/or the morphosyntax or morphosemantics of Dravidian languages.

Author : Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9780198241225
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Comparative Dravidian Linguistics written by Bhadriraju Krishnamurti and published by Oxford University Press on Demand. This book was released on 2001 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The book contains solutions to long-standing problems in the phonology and morphology of comparative Dravidian and proposes many seminal and original ideas. In addition to critical surveys on developments in comparative phonology, morphology, the subgrouping of the languages, and on the contact and convergence between Indo-Aryan and Dravidian, there are chapters on types of sound change and phonological and morphological issues in Dravidian, as well as the methodology required to address them. Also included is the author's groundbreaking proposal for a laryngeal for Proto-Dravidian, by means of which he was able to address several grammatical and etymological problems in later linguistic developments."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Mikhail Sergeevich Andronov
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447044554
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages written by Mikhail Sergeevich Andronov and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2003 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Due to their crucial role one of the major tasks in modern South Asia linguistics is the research of the historical view of the Dravidian Languages. A knowledge of the Dravidian language structure in all its development stages, from their earliest beginnings to today, is necessary for understanding numerous fundamental aspects with the emergence of the indoarian, Munda and other languages of south Asia and of course for the history of the Dravidian language family itself. The Comparative Grammar forms an important part of the historical linguistics. Yet Richard Caldwell's Comparative Grammar of Dravidian or South Indian Family of Languages (London, 1856, 2/1875, 3/1913) is outdated. An up to date comparative grammar of the Dravidian languages therefore was long overdue. With the work of the renowned Russian Dravidian scientist Mikhail S. Andronov, in which the over 80 known, investigated and described languages and dialects of the Dravidian language family are taken in consideration, this gap has been closed.

Author : Sanford B. Steever
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120803787
Total Pages : 170 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Serial Verb Formation in the Dravidian Languages written by Sanford B. Steever and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1988 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: