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 adjectives3. 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 domain3.3 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 construction3.3 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 verbs2.2 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.