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Cinque Hierarchy and the Structure of the Sinhala Clause
Author:
MG Lalith Ananda
University of Sri Jayewardenepura, LK
Abstract
This paper argues that the analysis of the particles of Sinhala words lu 'reportative', yae 'dubitative', nang 'conditional', da 'interrogative', ne 'tag' as focus markers in the previous literature ( Kariyakarawana (1998), Hagstrom (1998), and Henadeerage (2002), is incorrect and that they must be re-analyzed as mood/modality/topic/focus markers that instantiate Rizzi's (1997, 1999) Left Periphery analysis and Cinque's (1999) universal hierarchy of functional heads. With empirical evidence of syntactic, semantic/pragmatic in nature, a unified cartography is proposed for Sinhala clauses that include these so-called focus markers and the other functional heads that construct the Sinhala clause.
Sri Lankan Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Vol.1(1) July 2009
How to Cite:
Ananda, M.L., 2010. Cinque Hierarchy and the Structure of the Sinhala Clause. Sri Lanka Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 1(1), p.None.
Published on
09 Dec 2010.
Peer Reviewed
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