http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-I).08
10.31703/glr.2020(V-I).08
Published : Mar 2020
Tense Driven Asymmetries and Clitic Placement in Compound Verbs of Pashto Language
The tense driven asymmetry of the Pashto clause is analyzed from the perspective of the minimalist framework The study proves that the split ergativity in Pashto is tense based and does not have the aspect driven features proposed by Roberts 2000 The study argues that the object is assigned a theta role by the V and the subject is assigned a theta role by the little v The accusative case is assigned by the little v but the nominative and ergative cases are assigned by T It claims that the T head assigns multiple cases as the split ergativity is tense driven It highlights the syntactic effects of the possible phonological processes in combining some of the closely adjacent words and making a single phonological word The study also discusses clitic placement and prosodic inversion to refute the assumption that perfective feature is a strong feature in Pashto
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Tense Driven Asymmetry, Split Ergativity, Compound verb, Perfective and Imperfective aspects.
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(1) Arshad Khan
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics and Communication, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Amina Khalid
Lecturer, Department of Linguistics and Communication, University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Ghani Rahman
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Hazara University, Mansehra, KP Pakistan.
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APA : Khan, A., Khalid, A., & Rahman, G. (2020). Tense Driven Asymmetries and Clitic Placement in Compound Verbs of Pashto Language. Global Language Review, V(I), 67-75. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-I).08
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CHICAGO : Khan, Arshad, Amina Khalid, and Ghani Rahman. 2020. "Tense Driven Asymmetries and Clitic Placement in Compound Verbs of Pashto Language." Global Language Review, V (I): 67-75 doi: 10.31703/glr.2020(V-I).08
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HARVARD : KHAN, A., KHALID, A. & RAHMAN, G. 2020. Tense Driven Asymmetries and Clitic Placement in Compound Verbs of Pashto Language. Global Language Review, V, 67-75.
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MHRA : Khan, Arshad, Amina Khalid, and Ghani Rahman. 2020. "Tense Driven Asymmetries and Clitic Placement in Compound Verbs of Pashto Language." Global Language Review, V: 67-75
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MLA : Khan, Arshad, Amina Khalid, and Ghani Rahman. "Tense Driven Asymmetries and Clitic Placement in Compound Verbs of Pashto Language." Global Language Review, V.I (2020): 67-75 Print.
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OXFORD : Khan, Arshad, Khalid, Amina, and Rahman, Ghani (2020), "Tense Driven Asymmetries and Clitic Placement in Compound Verbs of Pashto Language", Global Language Review, V (I), 67-75
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TURABIAN : Khan, Arshad, Amina Khalid, and Ghani Rahman. "Tense Driven Asymmetries and Clitic Placement in Compound Verbs of Pashto Language." Global Language Review V, no. I (2020): 67-75. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2020(V-I).08