Verb Agreement in Kannada: A Constraint Based Account
Rau, Nalini
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Description
Title
Verb Agreement in Kannada: A Constraint Based Account
Author(s)
Rau, Nalini
Issue Date
2007
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Georgia Green
Department of Study
Linguistics
Discipline
Linguistics
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Language, Linguistics
Language
eng
Abstract
The grammaticality of both regular finite verbs and defective verbs in Kannada find a natural explanation in the HPSG framework: A finite verb takes only that nominative noun phrase as its complement which bears information compatible to the index specified. Defective verbs are argued to be underspecified verbs which are less constrained in the kind of nominative noun phrase they can combine with. The dissertation proposes that the neuter agreement in impersonal constructions is sentential agreement.
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