INFINITIVES A Case Study in Hindi

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This work focuses on infinitival constructions in Hindi. Infinitives are studied under the scope of morphology and syntax. The aim of this study was to find a semantic justification for the nature of infinitival clauses in Hindi. Infinitival clauses here have been sub-categorized into purposive, permissive, and injunctive clauses. Control infinitives, sub-divided under the try and decide type, which can be related to restructuring and non-restructuring infinitives, have been analyzed for Hindi. The work includes a discussion of the three types of complementizer placements in Hindi. k-n, and n ke lye are two of these placements that allow infinitival complements.

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Shubham Srivastava is a Research Fellow in Linguistics at the Center for Advanced Studies in Linguistics, University of Delhi (India). His main areas of interest are semantics, morpho-syntax, and the semantico-syntactic interface. He lives in New Delhi with his four-legged roommate, Mozart.

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