LANGUAGE IN INDIA

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Volume 12 : 8 August 2012
ISSN 1930-2940

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Semantics of the Dative Case in Malayalam

Ravi Sankar S. Nair, Ph.D.

Introduction

The traditional grammars of Malayalam in general follow the sampradaana kaaraka concept of Panini in their analysis of the dative case (Varma 1917, Gundert 1868, Mathen 1868, Prabhu 1904). Morphological manifestations of the dative are explained elaborately in these grammars. However, the complex aspects of the syntax and semantics of the dative case have not been dealt by these grammarians. Recent grammatical treatises like Asher and Kumari (1997) and Prabhakaravarrier (1998) make a deeper analysis of the syntax and semantics of the dative.

Typological comparisons of the dative case forms in languages of different families (Blake 2001, Palmer 1994) have brought to light certain features of the dative that are pertinent to the analysis of the dative case in Malayalam. Nair (2011) has attempted to incorporate such views in the analysis of dative case in Malayalam.

The present paper is an attempt to analyze the semantics of the dative case in Malayalam.

This is only the beginning part of the article. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO READ THE ARTICLE IN PRINTER-FRIENDLY VERSION.

Ravi Sankar S Nair, Ph.D.
Department of English
Hadramout University of Science and Technology
P.O Box 5011 Mukalla
Yemen
ravisankarnair101@gmail.com
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