Cutting, breaking, and tearing verbs in Hindi and Tamil

Narasimhan, Bhuvana

doi:10.1515/COG.2007.008

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Cutting, breaking, and tearing verbs in Hindi and Tamil

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Narasimhan, Bhuvana
Language Acquisition Group, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;
Categories across Language and Cognition, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;

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Narasimhan, B. (2007). Cutting, breaking, and tearing verbs in Hindi and Tamil. Cognitive Linguistics, 18(2), 195-205. doi:10.1515/COG.2007.008.

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Abstract

Tamil and Hindi verbs of cutting, breaking, and tearing are shown to have a high degree of overlap in their extensions. However, there are also differences in the lexicalization patterns of these verbs in the two languages with regard to their category boundaries, and the number of verb types that are available to make finer-grained distinctions. Moreover, differences in the extensional ranges of corresponding verbs in the two languages can be motivated in terms of the properties of the instrument and the theme object.