| Type of Material: | Thesis |
| Title: | A comparative study of the application of theta theory in Urdu and English languages |
| Researcher: | Shamim Fatma |
| Guide: | Sinha, Anjani Kumar | Surti, Samina A A |
| Department: | Department of Linguistics |
| Publisher: | Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh |
| Place: | Aligarh |
| Year: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Linguistics | Linguistics | Arts, Humanities and Languages |
| Dissertation/Thesis Note: | PhD; Department of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Aligarh; 2013 |
| Fulltext: | Shodhganga |
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| 100 | __ | |eResearcher|aShamim Fatma |
| 110 | __ | |aDepartment of Linguistics|0U-0496|dAligarh|bAligarh Muslim University, Aligarh|ein |
| 245 | __ | |aA comparative study of the application of theta theory in Urdu and English languages |
| 260 | __ | |aAligarh|c2013|bAligarh Muslim University, Aligarh |
| 300 | __ | |axii, 162p.|c- |
| 500 | __ | |aBibliography p.153-162 |
| 502 | __ | |bPhD|d2013|cDepartment of Linguistics, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Aligarh |
| 518 | __ | |oDate of Award|dn.d. |
| 518 | __ | |dn.d.|oDate of Registration |
| 518 | __ | |oDate of Completion|d2013 |
| 520 | __ | |aThe work is intended to study the argument structures of Urdu and English verbs to bring out the basic difference, if any, between these two languages in this regard. It explains why such a study is necessary. It begins with a theoretical discussion on what has already been done within the framework of Principles and Parameters theory and the Minimalist Program. It cusses theta roles required by verbs in Urdu and English and compares them to find out the ways in which they are similar to or different from each other. The First Chapter deals with some theoretical issues that led to the volution of the theta theory within the principles and parameters theory Chomsky 1981). It discusses the significance of theta theory for the ellformedness and semantic interpretation of a sentence. It discusses briefly the crucial justification for thematic relations given by Gruber (1976, (originally 1965)) which was followed by Jackendoff’s conceptual approach to the thematic relations (1990). Further it has discussed how |
| 650 | __ | |aLinguistics|2UGC |
| 650 | __ | |aArts, Humanities and Languages|2AIU |
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