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Argument structure in Kashmiri
Form and function of pronominal suffixation
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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.
Saartje Verbeke, Ph.D. (1985) is Research Fellow of the Research Foundation Flanders (FWO) in Linguistics and Visiting Professor in India Studies at Ghent University. She has published monographs, including Ergativity in Indo-Aryan (Mouton de Gruyter 2013) and articles on Indo-Aryan linguistics.
Acknowledgements List of Tables List of Abbreviations 1 Introduction â1.1âIntroduction to Kashmiri â1.2âIntroduction to Pronominal Suffixation 2 Pronominal Suffixation in Kashmiri â2.1âOverview of the Grammatical Features Relevant to Pronominal Suffixation in Kashmiri â2.2âPronominal Suffixes â2.3âPronominal Suffixes in Written Standard Kashmiri 3 Semantic Effects on Kashmiri Alignment â3.1âSemantic Effects on Alignment â3.2âDirect/Inverse Patterns â3.3âSemantic Effects on Pronominal Suffixation in Kashmiri â3.4âThe Status of the Second Person: Grammaticalization â3.5âSummary 4 V2 Word Order â4.1âV2 Word Order in Kashmiri â4.2âWord Order in Poguli â4.3âWord Order in Kishtawari â4.4âWord Order in Pahari and Punjabi Languages â4.5âSummary 5 Pronominal Suffixation: An Areal Phenomenon? â5.1âThe Area â5.2âThe Languages and the Language Families â5.3âSummary Conclusion Appendix Bibliography Index
Scholars and students of South Asian modern and ancient languages, literature and culture, and scholars and students of general linguistics, in particular those interested in research of the syntax/semantics interface in natural languages from a typological point of view.