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- Title
FUNCTIONS OF INFIXES IN URDU ENDOCENTRIC COMPOUNDS.
- Authors
Mangrio, Riaz Ahmed; Ali, Ghulam
- Abstract
Urdu compounds have two major elements. A large number of compounds take infixes, which are based on only vowel sounds. Furthermore, most of the compounds are formed by distinctive compounding words, each of which forms various compounds e.g. nur-e-xuda (N) 'the light of God' and nur mehel 'lighthouse'. Infixes are mostly found in endocentric compounds. There are four major formations with the two infixes -e- and -o-. Both the infixes show some morphological and phonological functions and convey possession, plurality and emphasis. The two infixes perform five functions, as the examples show: 1) rah-e-hdq 'the right path': The constituents are nouns, and the infix -e- represents the genitive marker 2) sah ib-e- ilm 'scholar': The constituents are nouns, and the infix -e- represents the agentive particle vala, which also showspossession 'someone having something' 3) ...dabt-e-alIja 'high court': The constituents are noun and adjective, and the infix only links the constituents phono logically 4)...-0-...sux 'resources': The constituents are both nouns, and the infix -o-represents the conjunctive particle or 'and' 5) xu...-o-x...rr...m 'very happy': The constituents are adjectives, and the infix -o-conveys emphasis. The discussion of these functions in this paper is a position taken against Durant (2007), who limits the roles of infixes to just -e- representing the genitive ka.
- Subjects
INFIXES (Linguistics); AFFIXES (Grammar); URDU language; URDU literature; INTERPERSONAL communication; ORAL communication; DIALOGUE analysis; EDUCATION
- Publication
Kashmir Journal of Language Research, 2013, Vol 16, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
1028-6640
- Publication type
Article