Argument structure in Kashmiri : form and function of pronominal suffixation / by Saartje Verbeke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Verbeke, Saartje.

Series:

Brill's Studies in South and Southwest Asian Languages 09.

Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kashmiri language--Suffixes and prefixes.

Kashmiri language.

Kashmiri language--Verb.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 199 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

Argument structure of Kashmiri is a study of the grammatical patterns one finds in the Indo-Aryan language Kashmiri. Kashmiri shows several unique linguistic features which sets it aside from more well-known Indo-Aryan languages. The book focuses on the grammatical relations and their coding in case marking and in verb agreement. The occurrence of pronominal suffixation in Kashmiri is related with the universal feature of referential hierarchies and the phenomenon of verb second word order. The grammatical structure of Kashmiri is situated in the linguistic area of the Himalayas, and minority languages in the area are discussed as well. The book draws on a wealth of examples from field work, local manuscripts and secondary sources and it is a first comprehensive overview of the grammatical features of Kashmiri from a typological point of view.

Contents:

Front Matter

Introduction

Pronominal Suffixation in Kashmiri

Semantic Effects on Kashmiri Alignment

V2 Word Order

Pronominal Suffixation: An Areal Phenomenon?

Conclusion

Appendix

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004346789

9004346783

OCLC:

1007494776

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004346789 DOI