Case marking in some Indic languages

[J. Clancy Clements]

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Hi Gail,
Thanks for your reply.  Yes, I'll give a summary if I get any answers.

Clancy



At 06:13 PM 12/27/2001 -0600, you wrote:
> Hi Clancy Clements,
>
>"He made me""He got the biscuit". But I'd like to hear what native speakers
>or linguists working on these languages say about it. Could you send us a
>summary of the replies, please?
>
> Gail Coelho
>
> At 04:09 PM 12/27/01 -0500, J. Clancy Clements wrote:
> In Kannada, one finds the dative relation marked by the dative or the
> instrumental suffix, as in the examples below.
>
> Avanu-0 nana-ge bisket-annu tin-is-id-anu
> 3SG-NOM 1SG-DAT biscuit-ACC eat-CAUS-PAST-3SG-MASC
> 'He fed me the biscuit.'
>
> Avanu-0 nana-inda bisket-annu tin-is-id-anu
> 3SG-NOM 1SG-INST biscuit-ACC eat-CAUS-PAST-3SG-MASC
> 'He had me eat a biscuit.'
>
> This is the type of marking I'm interested in.
>
>
> My questions are:
> 1) Regarding Malayalam, is there a difference in meaning (e.g. logical or
> conversational implicatures) between marking an indirect object with a
>  If so, how would one describe the difference?
>
> 2) Does Tamil have this type of marking, where the indirect object is
>  If
> so, are there differences in meaning expressing by using one or the other
>  If so, how would one describe them?
>
> 3) Does Telegu also have this type of marking??
>
> Any information on these questions would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks very much,
>
>
> Clancy Clements
>
>
>
>
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                J. Clancy Clements
                Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
                Adjunct Associate Professor of Linguistics
                Director of Undergraduate Studies
                Dept. of Spanish and Portuguese, BH844, IU-B
                1020 East Kirkwood Avenue
                Bloomington, IN 47405
                Tel 812-855-8612; Fax 812-855-4526
                http://www.indiana.edu/~spanport/clements.html
                *********************************************