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- Title
Syntactic and Semantic Aspects of Subject-Less Sentences in Malayalam.
- Authors
Kunjamma, S.
- Abstract
Generally, all sentences can be broadly divided into a subject constituent and a predicate constituent is a view which is found in traditional as well as modern grammatical analysis. In surface level, the initial NP in a sentence of normal word order, which is directly related to the verb is identified as its subject. But, the identification fails to satisfy, when more complex structures are examined. The concept of "subject" is very elusive, and seems to be quite different depending on languages. The morphological feature, case is used to indicate the function of an NP within its clause. But case marking is not always a reliable guide for determining the grammatical relationship of a particular NP. An NP may be a grammatical subject or object even though its case marking suggests something quite different. This kind of irregular correlation between morphological features and syntactic functions is not uncommon. So the grammatical relations be identified on the basis of syntactic evidence which can be used to identify grammatical relations particularly in subjects. In Malayalam though the subject is in nominative case, certain verbs do not allow NPs in the nominative to occupy the initial (subject) slot of sentences. And it is argued that subjectcategory is not relevant in the analysis of Malayalam sentences. This paper is an attempt to explain the above facts with reference to the syntactic and semantic aspects.
- Subjects
SEMANTICS; MALAYALAM language; WORD order (Grammar); VERBS; NOMINALS (Grammar); MODALITY (Linguistics); GRAMMAR
- Publication
Language in India, 2018, Vol 18, Issue 11, p62
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article