Information Structure Projects in Syntax: Evidence from Focus and Modality in Sinhala

Tytuł:	Information Structure Projects in Syntax: Evidence from Focus and Modality in Sinhala
Autorzy:	Ananda, M.G. Lalith
Słowa kluczowe:	information structure functional heads Sinhala syntax
Data wydania:	2018
Data dodania:	23-sty-2019
Wydawca:	The University of Bialystok
Źródło:	Crossroads. A Journal of English Studies 21 (2/2018), pp. 11-25
Abstrakt:	The major claim of this paper is that information structure related particles of Sinhala are distinct functional heads and they project in syntax. This is in line with the cartographic approach to syntax which claims that discourse related features are visible for computation (Rizzi 1997, 2004), a claim also supported by Miyagawa, (2010), and Aboh (2010), among others. The present paper seeks to validate the above claim with evidence from Sinhala, motivating the argument that discourse related features lexicalized in Sinhala drive the derivation, and these features are comparable to formal features in establishing an Agree relation.
Afiliacja:	University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Nota biograficzna:	M.G. Lalith Ananda is a senior lecturer in Linguistics in the Department of English and Linguistics, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Colombo, Sri Lanka. He holds a PhD in Generative Syntax from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India (Topic: Clausal Complementation in Sinhala). His research interests are in the area of Sinhala Syntax with particular interest in Topic, Focus, Mood, Modality phenomena.
E-mail:	mlalithananda@gmail.com
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/11320/7502
DOI:	10.15290/cr.2018.21.2.02
e-ISSN:	2300-6250
Typ Dokumentu:	Article
Występuje w kolekcji(ach):	Crossroads. A Journal of English Studies, 2018, Issue 21

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