Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Introduction 1
2. When a Wh-word is not a Wh-word: The Case of Indian Sign Language 11
3. Q-baa and Bangla Clause Structure 45
4. Phrasal Predicates: How N Combines with V in Hindi/Urdu 83
5. Some Aspects of Finiteness and Control in Sinhala 117
6. How Strict is Strict OV? A Family of Typological Constraints with Focus on South Asia 145
7. Searching for the Goddess: A Study of Sensory and Other Impersonal Causative Expressions in the Shina of Gilgit 165
8. Santali ‘Backernagel’ Clitics: Distributing Clitic Doubling 189
9. The Vedic Injunctive: Historical and Synchronic Implications 219
10. On the Absence of Reflexive Benefactives in Kannada 237
11. Internally Headed Relative Clauses in Sema 255
12. Announcements 273
13. Notes on Contributors 277