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This book argues that the assumption that grammatical relations are both necessary and universal is an unwarranted generalization. The grammatical relations of subject and object are required in the case of the Indian language of Kannada. Furthermore, the notion of transitivity or transference which forms the basis for postulating grammatical relations does not play the expected central role in all languages: in the case of another Indian language, Manipuri, it is volitionality and transitivity

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Author
Darbhe N Shankara Bhat
Publisher
World Pub. Co. ; Routledge
Published
1991
Language
EN
ISBN
9781134923731
Category
language
Subjects
Language Learning, Linguistics, Literary Fiction
Updated
2026-03-25