Empty Categories in the Hindi-Urdu binaa Participle Clause

• Main Author: Davison Alice
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sciendo 2013-12-01
• Series: Lingua Posnaniensis
• Subjects: hindi-urdu; empty categories; null pronouns; parasitic gaps; participle clauses; a ’; wh movement; questions and statements; pro subjects
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.2478/linpo-2013-0011

Hindi-Urdu has an oblique participle construction meaning ‘without’, which resembles a parasitic gap construction in other languages. These other languages, like English, have obligatory movement to the left which is a condition on a parasitic gap, as in wh- question sentences. But in Hindi-Urdu, questions do not require leftward movement, allowing the question word to stay in situ. In addition, this participle is possible with statements as well, suggesting that Hindi-Urdu does not have parasitic gaps or obligatory A ’ movement. T his paper explores the actual nature of this participle, concluding that it has a PRO subject and null pronoun object.