Prenominal Participial Phrases in Marathi, the Noun Phrase Accessibility Hierarchy, and Picture Nouns

An introduction to Keenan and Comrie’s NPAH (noun phrase accessibility hierarchy) is followed by data showing to what extent Marathi’s PPP s (prenominal participial phrases) do and do not conform to it. The range of constructional variety inside a PPP is shown to be related to the tightness or loose...

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Published in:Lingua Posnaniensis 2013-12, Vol.55 (2), p.77-89
Main Authors: Hook, Peter Edwin, Pardeshi, Prashant
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Language
Marathi
Marathi language
mismatches
Noun phrases
noun-phrase accessibility hierarchy
Nouns
Phrases
picture nouns
Predicate
prenominal participial phrase
relativization
Semantics
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Summary:An introduction to Keenan and Comrie’s NPAH (noun phrase accessibility hierarchy) is followed by data showing to what extent Marathi’s PPP s (prenominal participial phrases) do and do not conform to it. The range of constructional variety inside a PPP is shown to be related to the tightness or looseness of the relation of the predicate inside the PPP to the nulled element. Examples are presented of the puzzling absence of Agent and Experiencer noun phrases inside PPP s. The paper ends with examples and discussion of the mismatch or transfer of PPP modifiers away from the NP denoting the ‘imagee’ or entity depicted in an image to the NP denoting the image itself.
ISSN:2083-6090
0079-4740
2083-6090
DOI:10.2478/linpo-2013-0015