The Lexicon-Syntax Interface -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgement -- The lexicon-syntax interface -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The pre-minimalist lexicon -- 3. Toward a minimal lexicon -- 4. Features of South Asian Languages (SALs) -- 5. The contribution of the present volume -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Property concepts and the apparent lack of adjectives in Dravidian* -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Missing adjectives in Malayalam and other languages -- 2.1 The basic paradigm in Malayalam -- 2.1.1 Distribution of Class1 and Class2 roots -- 2.2 Missing predicative adjectives in Dravidian -- 2.3 Japanese adjectives -- 3. The analysis -- 3.1 Derivation of Class1 words -- 3.1.1 Comparative constructions -- 3.1.2 Lack of secondary predications -- 3.2 Class1 roots in predicative position -- 3.2.1 Lack of adjectival ordering restrictions -- 3.3 Class2 roots -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Adjective-fronting as evidence for Focus and Topic within the Bangla nominal domain -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Phrasal movement within the nominal -- 2.1 Against a couple of alternative ways of explaining the phrasal movement -- 3. FocusP and TopicP within the nominal domain -- 3.1 Evidence for a fixed Focus position -- 3.2 TopicP within the nominal domain -- 3.3 Evidence that Focus and Topic are not outside the nominal domain -- 3.4 Mechanism -- 3.5 Comparison with the clausal domain -- 4. From the 'lexical'-'functional' and 'syntactic' perspective -- 5. Conclusion -- 6. Further research -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Rich results -- 1. Introduction* -- 2. Theoretical assumptions -- 2.1 A first phase representation of eventive predicates -- 2.2 Light predicates and rich results -- 2.3 Dative possessors and the have~be alternation -- 3. A first phase account of bar- 'come'.

3.1 bar- as a verb of self-initiated directed motion -- 3.2 bar- in the experiencer dative construction -- 3.3 bar- as a stative verb -- 4. The representation of stative verbs -- 4.1 The init projection -- 4.2 A result phrase for achievement verbs -- 5. Aag- as 'come to be,' 'come to pass' or 'come to have' -- 5.1 The 'happen' and 'become' interpretations of aag- -- 6. The possessor/ experiencer as resultee -- 6.1 A double object construction in Kannada -- 6.2 The experiencer as resultee -- 6.3 Conclusion -- References -- Lexical semantics of transitivizing light verbs in Telugu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The theoretical landscape: First Phase Syntax -- 2.1 Functional decomposition of verbs -- 2.2 Lexical insertion as phrasal spell-out -- 3. Aspectual light verbs in Telugu -- 3.1 Selectional restrictions on the aspectuals -- 3.2 A First Phase Analysis of the selectional restrictions on the aspectual complex predicates -- 4. The 3 transitivizer light verbs in Telugu -- 4.1 A First Phase analysis of the transitivizer complex predicates -- 4.1.1 paDa.veyyi: Aspectual light verb formed using a transitivizer -- 4.2 The 3 transitivers have 3 inceptual meanings: Inception, Continuation, and, Completion -- 4.3 Inceptual meanings: Evidence from Bangla -- 4.3.1 Structural meaning vs. Lexical-conceptual meaning -- 5. Transitivizer light verbs vs. Causative suffix -- 5.1 Causative suffix -inc and aspectual light verbs -- 5.2 Transitivizing using -inc vs. light verbs -- 6. Transitivizer light verbs in nominal complex predicates -- 6.1 Nominal complex predicates in Telugu -- 6.2 Transitivizer light verb + Nominal element -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Ditransitive structures in Hindi/Urdu -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The status of the two objects -- 3. The thematic structure of the ditransitive: Prepositional dative Vs. the double object.

4. The structure of Hindi/Urdu ditransitive -- 5. Surface word-order and Asymmetrical relation between the objects -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Is Kashmiri passive really passive? -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is a passive construction? -- 2.1 Approaches to Passivization -- 3. Kashmiri passives -- 3.1 Passive with Light Verb & Modals -- 3.2 Choice between -sI:t' & zaryi/athi -- 3.3 Transitivity & Passive -- 3.4 (In)abilitative passives -- 4. Status of the Subject and the Object in Kashmiri Passive -- 5. Status of the Implicit/Optional Agent in Passive: -- 6. Canonical Passive vs Kashmiri Passive vs SALs Passive -- 6.1 Is Passivization a Detransitivization/Intransitivization Process? -- 7. Final Remarks -- References -- Middles in the syntax -- 1. Introducing Hindi-Urdu middles -- 2. Middle-passive overlap -- 2.1 No middle-passive overlap in Hindi-Urdu -- 2.2 More on Hindi-Urdu passives -- 3. Middle formation in two modules -- 3.1 A two-modular approach and its problems -- 4. A syntactic alternative -- 4.1 More on overlap with passives -- 5. Conclusion -- References -- Not so high -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1 Causative alternation -- 2. The status of the causee -- 2.1 Hindi -- 2.2 Kashmiri -- 2.3 Punjabi -- 2.4 Manipuri -- 2.5 Previous analyses of Hindi causative: Causee as an adjunct -- 3. Position of the causee -- 4. The status of instrumental/ablative marked causee vs. instrument -- 4.1 Hindi -- 4.2 Kashmiri -- 4.3 Punjabi -- 4.4 Manipuri -- 5. Voice in the analysis of causative -- 6. Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Agreement and verb types in Kutchi Gujarati* -- 1. Background on φ-agreement in Indo-Aryan languages -- 2. A dual probe system for Kutchi Gujarati and Marwari -- 2.1 The basic alignment patterns -- 2.2 Future perfect, present perfect and dual probes -- 2.3 Past vs future.

2.4 On the optionality of aspectual information -- 2.5 Interim summary -- 3. Extension to non-canonical agreement configurations -- 3.1 Lexical case interacts with agreement in Kutchi Gujarati -- 3.2 Agreement with psych predicates in Kutchi Gujarati -- 3.3 'Long distance agreement' in Kutchi Gujarati -- 3.3.1 Two possible analyses of the modal par -- 3.3.2 par does not assign a theta role -- 3.3.3 par does not combine with light verbs -- 3.3.4 par constructions cannot passivize -- 3.3.5 par does not exhibit selectional variability -- 3.3.6 Agreement with par is not long distance -- 3.3.7 The lack of person agreement in modal constructions -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- Markedness and syncretism in Kashmiri differential argument encoding -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Kashmiri case-marking and clitic systems -- 3. Sharma 2001: An analysis of Kashmiri DAE -- 4. Non-zero/non-zero alternations -- 5. Underspecification and syncretism: A revised approach to Kashmiri DAE -- 5.1 Orientation -- 5.2 Kashmiri case decomposition and case/clitic vocabulary items -- 5.3 A DM-based account of Kashmiri DAE -- 5.4 Conditions on cliticization -- 6. Conclusion -- References -- Author index -- Subject index.