Rahul Balusu
List of John Benjamins publications in which Rahul Balusu is involved.
Articles
2014 Lexical semantics of transitivizer light verbs in Telugu The Lexicon–Syntax Interface: Perspectives from South Asian languages, Chandra, Pritha and Richa Srishti (eds.), pp. 101–126 | Article
This chapter examines the kind of meanings that are uniformly present in constructions involving a certain variety of light verbs in Telugu – transitivizer light verbs. The meanings that are inalienably constant in both the verbal and the nominal complex predicates that these light verbs form are… read more
2010 Language contact and phonological contrast: The case of coronal affricates in Japanese loans Language Contact: New perspectives, Norde, Muriel, Bob de Jonge and Cornelius Hasselblatt (eds.), pp. 155–180 | Article
We analyze two generations of Japanese speakers’ productions of [twi] and [ti] as they occur in native Japanese words and in loan words. Analysis across speakers verifies that this contrast is neutralized in native Japanese words and preserved in loans. Analysis of generational differences reveals… read more