
This Volume Comprises Twenty Eight Papers Selected From The Widely Known Work Of K.a. Jayaseelan And R. Amritavalli On Dravidian. Collectively, These Papers Cover The Entire Area Of Dravidian Syntax: They Range From Broad Questions Such As Sentence Structure And Word Order To More Particular Questions Such As The Morphological Basis Of Anaphora, The Genesis Of Lexical Categories, The Morpho-syntax Of Quantifiers, And The Syntax And Semantics Of Questions. Important Universalist Claims Are Embedded In These Essays; For This Reason, This Volume Will Be Of Interest Also To A Student Of The General Theory Of Syntax. No Future Discussion Of Dravidian (or South Asian) Languages Is Possible Without Taking Into Account The Insightful Analyses Set Forth In These Pages.
This volume investigates the structural properties of Dravidian languages to determine how they inform and challenge the broader framework of Universal Grammar. The authors, K.A. Jayaseelan and R. Amritavalli, utilize decades of research to present a comprehensive analysis of Dravidian syntax. By examining specific morphological and syntactic phenomena, they argue that these languages provide critical evidence for universalist linguistic theories.
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Experts identify this collection as a foundational resource for scholars specializing in South Asian linguistics and formal syntax. Readers frequently note the high level of academic density and the rigorous theoretical framework applied throughout the papers.
Page Count:
500
Publication Date:
2017-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190630248
ISBN-13:
9780190630249
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