Ditransitive structures in Hindi/Urdu
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Shiti Malhotra
Abstract
This chapter makes the following two language specific claims; (a) Hindi/Urdu involves two types of ditransitive constructions, corresponding to the prepositional dative constructions and the double object constructions as in languages like English, and (b) the two constructions are not derivationally connected, and are a result of two distinct ditransitive verbs in Hindi/Urdu, namely the “send” type verbs and the “show” type verbs. The two types of verbs have different argument structures and as a consequence two different verb phrase structures. The difference between the two types of verbs however doesn’t get reflected in the word – order in Hindi/Urdu because of the feature-driven movement of the objects to the edge of the vP.
Abstract
This chapter makes the following two language specific claims; (a) Hindi/Urdu involves two types of ditransitive constructions, corresponding to the prepositional dative constructions and the double object constructions as in languages like English, and (b) the two constructions are not derivationally connected, and are a result of two distinct ditransitive verbs in Hindi/Urdu, namely the “send” type verbs and the “show” type verbs. The two types of verbs have different argument structures and as a consequence two different verb phrase structures. The difference between the two types of verbs however doesn’t get reflected in the word – order in Hindi/Urdu because of the feature-driven movement of the objects to the edge of the vP.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgement vii
- The lexicon-syntax interface 1
- Property concepts and the apparent lack of adjectives in Dravidian 25
- Adjective-fronting as evidence for Focus and Topic within the Bangla nominal domain 53
- Rich results 71
- Lexical semantics of transitivizer light verbs in Telugu 101
- Ditransitive structures in Hindi/Urdu 127
- Is Kashmiri passive really a passive? 149
- Middles in the syntax 171
- Not so high 197
- Agreement and verb types in Kutchi Gujarati 217
- Markedness and syncretism in Kashmiri differential argument encoding 245
- Author index 271
- Subject index 275
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- Acknowledgement vii
- The lexicon-syntax interface 1
- Property concepts and the apparent lack of adjectives in Dravidian 25
- Adjective-fronting as evidence for Focus and Topic within the Bangla nominal domain 53
- Rich results 71
- Lexical semantics of transitivizer light verbs in Telugu 101
- Ditransitive structures in Hindi/Urdu 127
- Is Kashmiri passive really a passive? 149
- Middles in the syntax 171
- Not so high 197
- Agreement and verb types in Kutchi Gujarati 217
- Markedness and syncretism in Kashmiri differential argument encoding 245
- Author index 271
- Subject index 275
