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In:Noun-Modifying Clause Constructions in Languages of Eurasia: Rethinking theoretical and geographical boundaries
Edited by Yoshiko Matsumoto, Bernard Comrie and Peter Sells
[Typological Studies in Language 116] 2017
► pp. 293–329

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Chapter 11
Noun-modifying constructions in Marathi

 | University of Michigan | University of Virginia
 | National Institute for Japanese Language & Linguistics
Published online: 28 February 2017
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Abstract
We provide a detailed description of the types of noun-modifying constructions in Marathi whose counterparts in Japanese are considered to be structurally comparable and one type of. We show that in Marathi, while one type of relative construction and one type of noun-complement clause are formally distinct, there are other types that are identical in form, as in Japanese. Furthermore, the same noun-modifying construction in Marathi has yet other functions (among them are “gapless” relativization and disembedded or insubordinate predication) that are characteristic of their counterparts in Japanese. The data reported in our chapter is taken from published and online sources.
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Noun-modifying constructions (NMCs) in Marathi
    • 2.1Relativizing NMCs
      • (A)“Gap” type relativizing NMCs
        • Relativization on agent-subject
        • Relativization on abilitative or experiencer “subject”
        • Relativization on inalienable possessor subject
        • Relativization on direct object
        • Relativization on indirect object
        • Relativization on oblique objects
      • (B)Non-reduction strategy: The relative-corelative type of relativizing NMC
      • (C)So-called “fused” relatives
    • 2.2Beyond accessibility
      • 2.2.1Reduced valency prenominal relatives
      • 2.2.2Verb-gapped prenominal relatives
      • 2.2.3Gapping NMCs with unpredictable (non-compositional) semantics
      • 2.2.4Gapless NMCs with sensory and circumstantial head nouns
    • 2.3Noun-complement NMCs
    • 2.4The short prenominal NMC
    • 2.5The short relative-corelative construction
  • 3.Other functions of NMCs in ‑lel‑ and ‑ṇār
    • 3.1As a complementizer
    • 3.2As insubordinate “finite” verbs (Evans 2007)
  • 4.Marathi NMCs: Historical remarks
  • 5.Suggestions for further investigation and concluding remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes
  • Abbreviations
  • References
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