Evidence of Unexpressed Postpositions in Urdu Phrase Structure

Authors

  • Khurshid Muhammad Athar Assistant Professor, Govt. Islamia Graduate College, Civil Lines, Lahore, Pakistan , Corresponding Author, Lecturer in English, Department of English University of Okara Punjab, Pakistan, maria.sarwar@uo.edu.pk Author
  • Sarwar Marya Corresponding Author, Lecturer in English, Department of English University of Okara Punjab, Pakistan, maria.sarwar@uo.edu.pk Author
  • Gillani Dr. Aleem Assistant Professor, IR/Deputy Director of Academics & Diplomatic Relations, Minhaj University Lahore, Pakistan, syedaleemgillani@gmail.com Author

Keywords:

CasePostposition, Nominative Accusative, Dative Locative, Genitive Instrumental, OAP, OAF

Abstract

Urdu postpositions are much different from English prepositions, not only semantically but also morphologically and syntactically. Morphologically they appear as clitics, as bound morphemes, and as phonetically null entities. As clitics, they perform dual function: case markers and postpositions. Syntactically, they behave in three different ways: (1) as overt postpositions, (2) in the form of OAF, (3) by staying completely unactualized. This paper describes their silent behaviour.

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Published

2022-09-15

Issue

Vol. 8 No. 3 (2022)

Section

Articles