Spatial Expressions In Sinhala: Appearance of Verb Forms
Most of the studies done on locative constructions in many languages show the relationship between the figure and the ground in terms of geometrical and/or topological terms. This paper shows that in Sinhala the locative expressions answer the question not only Where is the object X?' but also...
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University of Kansas
1992-01-01
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| description | Most of the studies done on locative constructions in many languages show the relationship between the figure and the ground in terms of geometrical and/or topological terms. This paper shows that in Sinhala the locative expressions answer the question not only Where is the object X?' but also 'How the figure is oriented in relation to the ground?'. Also it is shown that the verb forms appearing in Sinhala locative expressions, are sensitive to the animate/inanimate distinction. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d58e314cb3164f178313a66c6b23543f2022-12-22T04:22:00ZengUniversity of KansasKansas Working Papers in Linguistics2378-76001992-01-0117173110.17161/KWPL.1808.640Spatial Expressions In Sinhala: Appearance of Verb FormsTilakaratne, SunandaMost of the studies done on locative constructions in many languages show the relationship between the figure and the ground in terms of geometrical and/or topological terms. This paper shows that in Sinhala the locative expressions answer the question not only Where is the object X?' but also 'How the figure is oriented in relation to the ground?'. Also it is shown that the verb forms appearing in Sinhala locative expressions, are sensitive to the animate/inanimate distinction.http://hdl.handle.net/1808/640Sinhalese language-- Verb |
| spellingShingle | Tilakaratne, Sunanda Spatial Expressions In Sinhala: Appearance of Verb Forms Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics Sinhalese language-- Verb |
| title | Spatial Expressions In Sinhala: Appearance of Verb Forms |
| title_full | Spatial Expressions In Sinhala: Appearance of Verb Forms |
| title_fullStr | Spatial Expressions In Sinhala: Appearance of Verb Forms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Spatial Expressions In Sinhala: Appearance of Verb Forms |
| title_short | Spatial Expressions In Sinhala: Appearance of Verb Forms |
| title_sort | spatial expressions in sinhala appearance of verb forms |
| topic | Sinhalese language-- Verb |
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