Peripheries in Kashmiri and Hindi-Urdu: The Syntax of Discourse-Driven Movement

by Emily Manetta

This research monograph is an investigation of wh-movement and wh-expletive constructions in the Indic languages Kashmiri and Hindi-Urdu. It advances a novel theory of the periphery, or the clausal positions that mediate A-bar movement. In particular, a detailed study of wh-expletives and wh-expletive constructions reveals an underlying similarity of design between the A and A-bar systems, and indicates that the two can be understood as driven by...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9027208212
• ISBN13: 9789027208217
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.5" x 9.7"