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Control into Conjunctive Participle Clauses - The Case of Assamese (Hardcover)
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Control into Conjunctive Participle Clauses - The Case of Assamese (Hardcover)
Series: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]
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The book explores Adjunct Control in Assamese, an Indo-Aryan
language spoken in North India by about 15 million people. The
author works within the Minimalist Program of syntactic theory.
Adjunct Control is a relation of co-referentiality between two
subjects, one in the matrix clause and one in the adjunct clause of
the same structure. The relevant adjuncts in Assamese are
non-finite clauses commonly known as Conjunctive Participle (CNP)
clauses. Four types of Adjunct Control are examined: (i) Forward
Control, in which only the matrix subject is pronounced; (ii)
Backward Control, in which only the subordinate subject is
pronounced; (iii) Copy Control, in which both subjects are
pronounced; and (iv) Expletive Control, in which case the two
control elements are expletives. While Forward Control is a
cross-linguistically common control pattern, Assamese also allows
the other three less common structures. The author analyzes Adjunct
Control as movement and provides a detailed account of the
conditions that drive and constrain each of the four types of
control. The theoretical implications are highlighted. The book is
unique both empirically and theoretically. It is the first
monograph which deals with Assamese generative syntax. It is also
the first book to explore control structures in a single
understudied language in such detail. In addition to Assamese, the
book provides data from Telugu, Bengali, Konkani, Marathi, Tamil,
and Hindi.
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