"An Ocean of Gems", esssays on language, linguistics, & education in memory of Dhanesh Jain, 2024
"Hindi-Urdu's Ghalib construction" appears in a volume of papers written to honour Dr. Dhanesh Ku... more "Hindi-Urdu's Ghalib construction" appears in a volume of papers written to honour Dr. Dhanesh Kumar Jain who left this world on the 31st of March 2019. The volume, "An Ocean of Gems", edited by Deven M. Patel, was published in 2024 by Primus Books (an imprint of Ratna Sagar P. Ltd.) Pp. 134-156.
is well known for his books on the history of ancient India, among them The History and Doctrines... more is well known for his books on the history of ancient India, among them The History and Doctrines of the Ajivikas, Studies in Indian History and Culture, and above all The Wonder That Was India. He has recently edited A Cultural History of India. The holder of a Ph.D. from the University of London, he was professor of the history of South Asia in the School of Oriental and African Studies of that university for many years. He is now professor and chairman of the Department of Asian Civilizations at the Australian National University.
Topics in Hindi-Urdu Grammar. By Bruce R. Pray. Berkeley: University of California, Center for South and Southeast Asia Studies, 1970. v,195 pp. Bibliography, n.p
A Dedicated Sarcasm Construction in Kashmiri as a Feature of the South Asian Linguistic Area
Impersonal expressions in Hindi-Urdu and phantom valents in Kashmiri
De Gruyter eBooks, Sep 10, 2018
Verb-Verb Complexes in Asian Languages
Oxford University Press eBooks, Feb 25, 2021
This volume presents a detailed survey of the systems of verb-verb complexes in Asian languages f... more This volume presents a detailed survey of the systems of verb-verb complexes in Asian languages from both a synchronic and a diachronic perspective. Many Asian languages share, to a greater or lesser extent, a unique class of compound verbs each consisting of a main verb and a quasi-auxiliary verb known as a ‘vector’ or ‘explicator’. These quasi-auxiliary verbs exhibit unique grammatical behavior that suggests that they have an intermediate status between full lexical verbs and wholly reduced auxiliaries. They are also semantically unique, in that when they are combined with main verbs, they can convey a rich variety of functional meanings beyond the traditional notions of tense, aspect, and modality, such as manner and intensity of action, benefaction for speaker or hearer, and polite or derogatory styles in speech. In this book, leading specialists in a range of Asian languages offer an in-depth analysis of the longstanding questions relating to the diachrony and geographical distribution of verb-verb complexes. The findings have implications for the general understanding of the grammaticalization of verb categories, complex predicate formation, aktionsart and event semantics, the morphology-syntax-semantics interface, areal linguistics, and typology.
Toward a geotypology of EAT-expressions in languages of Asia: Visualizing areal patterns through WALS
Gengo Kenkyu: Journal of the Linguistic Society of Japan, 2006
Many of the languages of Asia have families of expressions in which a verb meaning EAT exhibits J... more Many of the languages of Asia have families of expressions in which a verb meaning EAT exhibits Janus-faced behavior. In some cases the subject of EAT bears the semantic role of an agent while in others it bears the role of a theme, patient, or experienccr. A central concern of ...
Noun-modifying constructions in Marathi
Typological Studies in Language, 2017
We provide a detailed description of the types of noun-modifying constructions in Marathi whose c... more We provide a detailed description of the types of noun-modifying constructions in Marathi whose counterparts in Japanese are considered to be structurally comparable. We show that in Marathi, while one type of relative construction and one type of noun-complement clause are formally distinct, there are other types that are identical in form, as in Japanese. Furthermore, the same noun-modifying construction in Marathi has yet other functions (among them are “gapless” relativization and disembedded or insubordinate predication) that are characteristic of their counterparts in Japanese. The data reported in our chapter is taken from published and online sources.
Chapter 3. Displaced modification
Linguistik Aktuell/Linguistics Today, 2018
アジア言語の「EAT」表現の地理類型に向けて--WALSを用いた視覚化の試み
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Typological Studies in Language, 2015
A Taxonomy of EAT Expressions in Marathi
Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics, 2009
A Taxonomy of EAT Expressions in Marathi* Peter Edwin Hook and Prashant Pardeshi This paper is mo... more A Taxonomy of EAT Expressions in Marathi* Peter Edwin Hook and Prashant Pardeshi This paper is modeled on the 'lexicographic portraits' pioneered in the Nineteen-Seventies by Apresjan and Mel'chuk. It consists of three parts: 1. As complete a listing as possible of the EAT-...
This investigation of crosslinguistic patterns in lexicon-grammar interaction looks at complex pr... more This investigation of crosslinguistic patterns in lexicon-grammar interaction looks at complex predicate data from four Asian languages (Mandarin C hinese, Hindi-Urdu, Japanese, Marathi). In these languages verbs whose basic meanings are HIT and EAT are used as operators in complex predicates: e.g., Mandarin dǎ yíge quántóu {HIT a fist} 'give a punch' versus chī yíge quántóu {EAT a fist} 'take a punch' or Hindi-Urdu raub mār-{awe HIT} 'intimidate' versus raub khā-{awe EAT} 'be intimidated'. We show that in Chinese, Hindi-Urdu, and Marathi the normal antonymy of paired CPs featuring these two operators disappears if the CPs themselves alternate with the monolexical heads of i ntransitive clauses provided those clauses are unaccusative. (1) a. I fell on the ice this morning.
This investigation of cross-linguistic patterns in lexicon-grammar interaction looks at complex p... more This investigation of cross-linguistic patterns in lexicon-grammar interaction looks at complex predicate data from four Asian languages (Mandarin Chinese, Hindi-Urdu, Japanese, Marathi). In these languages verbs whose basic meanings are HIT and EAT are used as operators in complex predicates: eg, Mandarin dǎ yìge quántóu {HIT a fist} 'give a punch' versus chī yìge quántóu {EAT a fist} 'take a punch' or Hindi-Urdu raub mār-{awe HIT} 'intimidate' versus raub khā-{awe EAT} 'be intimidated'. We show that in Chinese, Hindi-Urdu, and Marathi the normal antonymy of paired CPs featuring these two operators disappears if the CPs themselves alternate with the monolexical heads of intransitive clauses provided those clauses are unaccusative. END ABSTRACT.
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Pp. 134-156.