Discussion Details
| Title: | Hindi Verb Classification |
| Submitter: | Raymond Doctor |
| Description: | Dear Linguists,
In Hindi a large number of verbs are of the type: सड़ना saDnaa 'to rot' and give rise to sentences such as phal saDaa: 'the fruit rotted.' Hindi dictionaries normally tag these verbs as Transitive. My query is as to the exact nature of these verbs. Some close parallels in English would be 'rot' or 'die' where the agent is also the patient. Maybe this is a naive question but I have not been able to find a satisfying answer to my query, nor have I been able to find a term which exactly characterizes this verb-class. Many thanks for taking some time off to give thought to this query. Raymond |
| Date Posted: | 13-Aug-2010 |
| Linguistic Field(s): |
Morphology
Syntax |
| Language Specialty: | Hindi |
| LL Issue: | 21.3259 |
| Posted: | 13-Aug-2010 |
