Non-finites in Indian languages

When we have a non-finite verbal form (infinitive, gerund, participle), we need, according to the Extended Projection Principle, to posit a null subject, merging PRO. We then need to have two things such as two clauses and a non-finite form in the subordinate clause. And the two lexical verbs establ...

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Veröffentlicht in:Language in India 2015-07, Vol.15 (7), p.104
1. Verfasser: Meetei, Amom Nandaraj
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Zusammenfassung:When we have a non-finite verbal form (infinitive, gerund, participle), we need, according to the Extended Projection Principle, to posit a null subject, merging PRO. We then need to have two things such as two clauses and a non-finite form in the subordinate clause. And the two lexical verbs establish semantic restrictions on their subjects. The subordinate lexical V, a non-finite form in the subordinate clause must be an infinitive, a participle, a gerund or a conjunctive participle. This paper explores the materialization of non-finite particles and their characteristics of Indian languages. Under MTC, there is no PRO and only movement leaving a copy behind. This movement is caused by two factors such as to get (i) case and (ii) semantic role. If it is the very affair, we are compelled to assume that one element can have more than one semantic role. Nevertheless, an element with infinite semantic roles is not interpretable on the basis of limited memory we have and the kind of move-anything-to-anywhere premise is an overgeneration, I also suppose in the spirit of radical minimalism. This paper briefly travels around the data from Indian languages in terms of non-finite clauses.
ISSN:1930-2940
1930-2940