Dravidian Syntax and Universal Grammar

<p>This volume comprises twenty eight papers selected from the widely known work of K.A. Jayaseelan and R. Amritavalli on Dravidian. Collectively these papers cover the entire area of Dravidian syntax: they range from broad questions such as sentence structure and word order to more particular questions such as the morphological basis of anaphora the genesis of lexical categories the morpho-syntax of quantifiers and the syntax and semantics of questions. Important universalist claims are embedded in these essays; for this reason this volume will be of interest also to a student of the general theory of syntax. No future discussion of Dravidian (or South Asian) languages is possible without taking into account the insightful analyses set forth in these pages.</p>