Experiencer Subjects in South Asian Languages
Manindra K. Verma and Tara Mohanan
These papers explore an important syntactic feature of South Asian languages, the experiencer subject construction. Contributing scholars investigate this feature in such languages as Marathai, Bhojpuri, Sinhalese, Marwari, Oriya, Punjabi, Bengali, Kalasha, Gujarati, Bepali, Maithili, and Malayalam. The experiencer subject not only defines South Asian languages as a linguistic until, but also has implications for theoretical linguistics.
Manindra Verma (1931–2011) was a
professor of linguistics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, K. P. Mohanan is a linguistics professor in the English department of the National University of Singapore.
- Preface
- Introduction to the Experiencer Subject Construction
Manindra K. Verma and K.P. Mohanan
- Subjects, Case and INFL in Sinhala
James W. Gair
- Dative Subjects in Malayalam: Semanitc Information in Syntax
K.P. Mohanan and Tara Mohanan
- Experience and Other Oblique Subjects in Hindi
Yamuna Kachru
- Comments on the Papers by James W. Gair, Yamuna Kachru, and K.P. Mohanan and Tara Mohanan
Margaret Spears
- Experiencer Subjects in Bhojipuri and Magahi
Manindra K. Verma
- Dative/Exoeriencer Subjects in Maithili
Mithilesh K. Mishra
- Oblique Subjects in Sanskrit
George Cardona
- Some Features of the Sampradāna Kāraka in Pāṇini
Madhav M. Deshpande
- Experiencer (Dative) NPs in Marathi
Rajeshwari Pandharipande
- The Notion ‘Subject’ in Punjabi and Lahanda
Tej K. Bhatia
- Experiencer Subjects in Manipuri
Shobhana Chelliah
- Dative/ Accusative Subjects in Marwari
David Magier
- Subjective Experiencers in Northern Havyaka Kannada
Helen E. Ullrich
- Experiental Constructions and the “Subjectihood” the Experiencer NPs in South Asian Languages
Anvita Abbi
- The Dative Subject Construction and the Pro-Drop Parameter
K.A. Jayaseelan
- Case-Marking Choices for Experiencer Subjects
R. Amritavalli
- Involuntary Experience in Kalasha
Elena Bashir
- Experiencers in SOuth Asian Languages: A Gallery
Peter Edwin Hook
- Varied Case Markings in Obligational Constructions
Colin P. Masica
- Cislocative, Affectiveness, and Experiencer Subject in Gorum
Arlene R. K. Zide
- Comments on the Papers by Elena Bashir, Peter Hook, Colin P. Masica, and Arlene Zide
Alice Davidson
- Indices
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ISBN (Paperback): 9780937073605 (0937073601)
ISBN (Cloth): 9780937073612 (093707361X)
Subject: Linguistics; South Asian Languages–Noun Phrase
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