Phrasal Predicates How N Combines with V in Hindi/urdu
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phrase with a single argument structure. Complex predicates of this sort are found in Japanese, Turkish, and Persian, among many others. Since complex predicates are so generally available, they must be the result of very general linguistic processes, which I will propose are part of syntax and the syntax/interpretative interface, or logical form. In this paper I consider two kinds of syntactic derivation, incorporation and argument merger, or formation of a composite argument structure. The goal of this analysis is to show how N and V contribute to the properties of the complex predicate, and to derive the right phrase structure, case and agreement properies. Complex predicates form a large and productive part of the verbal lexicon of Hindi/Urdu (1)-(2):
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