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Volume 14:6 June 2014
ISSN 1930-2940

Managing Editor: M. S. Thirumalai, Ph.D.
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Finiteness Features in Modals - Telugu

Suman Kothakonda, M.A., P.G.D.T.E., M.Phil., NET., SET., (Ph.D.)

Abstract

The present paper concentrates on the finiteness and its relationship with the sentence structure in modals. In most of the languages, clauses have been classified into two types: finite and non-finite clauses. The decisive feature of finiteness may differ from language to language and it depends on the nature of the respective language. This paper tries to investigate the relevant feature which is responsible for finiteness, in Telugu, with respect to modals. Finiteness in Telugu is a complex phenomenon and it does not lend itself to a strait forward analysis. It is said that there are no principled grounds for establishing which feature is responsible for finiteness. In generative theory, tense and agreement play an important role to decide finiteness.

Key words: Finiteness, modals, (abstract) tense, agreement, embedded clauses.

1. Introduction

It is noticed that only finite verb is able to form an independence utterance in the languages. The notion of finiteness has been widely described by linguists in different ways.

Denoting a form of a verb or auxiliary which can in principle serve as the only verb form in a sentence and which typically carries the maximum in morphological marking for such categories as tense and agreement permitted in a language. (Trask 1993: 103-4)

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Suman Kothakonda, M.A., P.G.D.T.E., M.Phil., NET., SET., (Ph.D.)
The English and Foreign Languages University
Hyderabad-500 007
Telangana
India
sumanvennala@gmail.com
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