The Lexicon-Syntax Interface. Perspectives From South Asian Languages.

Srishti, Richa:

ISBN 10: 902725592X / ISBN 13: 9789027255921

Published by John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2014

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Lexicon-Syntax Interface. Perspectives From South Asian Languages.
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 902725592X
• ISBN 13: 9789027255921
• Binding: Hardcover
• Weight: 1150 grams
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Synopsis

The present collection offers fresh perspectives on the lexicon-syntax interface, drawing on novel data from South Asian languages like Bangla, Hindi-Urdu, Kashmiri, Kannada, Malayalam, Manipuri, Punjabi, and Telugu. It covers different phenomena like adjectives, nominal phrases, ditransitives, light verbs, middles, passives, causatives, agreement, and pronominal clitics, while trying to settle the theoretical tensions underlying the interaction of the lexicon with the narrow syntactic component. All the chapters critically survey previous analyses in detail, suggesting how these may or may not be extended to South Asian languages. Novel explanations are proposed, which handle not only the novel data presented here, but also pave alternative ways to look at issues of minimalist architecture.