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Volume 15:7 July 2015
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Non-finites in Indian Languages

Amom Nandaraj Meetei

Abstract

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.

Keywords: Copy Movement Type Token-merge

1.0 Introduction

Traditionally, verb forms are broadly classified into two major classes: the finite and non-finite forms. From the morphological points of view, the finite forms1 are characterized by aspect, tense, mood, etc., as well as the concordial features of gender, number and person while the non-finite forms are typically not marked for these categories. On the other hand, syntactically, finite forms structure independent clauses and these clauses have one and only one finite forms, whereas, non-finite forms occur predominantly in dependent clauses. This paper is concerned with the functions and forms of the non-finite verbs, which are further subcategorized into infinitives, gerund, participles and conjunctives (traditionally known as Adverbial Participles).

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Amom Nandaraj Meetei
Lecturer/RP, LDC-IL
Central Institute of Indian Languages
Manasagangotri
Mysore 570006
Karnataka
India
amomcha@gmail.com
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