K.A. Jayaseelan

List of John Benjamins publications in which K.A. Jayaseelan is involved.

Articles

Jayaseelan, K.A. 2007 The argument structure of the dative construction Argument Structure, Reuland, Eric J., Tanmoy Bhattacharya and Giorgos Spathas (eds.), pp. 37–48 | Article

It is argued that the ‘dative construction’ – i.e. the construction in which an Experiencer or Possessor argument is realized as a DP marked with dative Case, and the VP has the form ‘be NP’ – alternates with two ‘nominative constructions’ (i.e. constructions in which the Experiencer/Possessor… read more

Jayaseelan, K.A. 2004 11. The possessor — experiencer dative in Malayalam Non-nominative Subjects: Volume 1, Bhaskararao, Peri and Karumuri V. Subbarao (eds.), pp. 227–244 | Chapter

Jayaseelan, K.A. 2003 Question words in focus positions Linguistic Variation Yearbook 2003, Pica, Pierre (ed.), pp. 69–99 | Article

Malayalam, an SOV language, moves its wh-phrases to a Focus position immediately to the left of V (linearly speaking). Multiple wh-phrases are “stacked” in this position. Wh-extraction from an embedded clause is not possible. When a wh-phrase in an embedded clause has matrix scope, scope-marking is… read more