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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).01 10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).01 Published : Mar 2024Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Case Clitics as Postpositions in Comparison with English Prepositions
The differences between Urdu and English pose many challenges for learners in Pakistan. One of them is the functioning of ‘Urdu case clitics as postpositions in comparison with English prepositions’. ‘Case Theory’ by Chomsky and Lasnik in 1977 has been implemented to qualitatively analyze whether Urdu accusative, dative and instrumental case clitics can function as Urdu postpositions in comparison with English prepositions. The study's major findings demonstrate that Urdu accusative case clitic ‘KO’ as well as Urdu dative case clitic ‘KO’ do not have structural compatibility with the English preposition ‘to’, hence, cannot be determined as Urdu postpositions. However, instrumental ‘se’ case clitics are harmonious to English prepositions to be called Urdu postpositions, for their placement in a sentence in relation to the noun they are modifying. The study also concludes the recommendation of further research to analyze the semantic properties of Urdu case clitics in comparison with English prepositions.
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(1) Sana Mahmood Qureshi Hashmi
Lecturer, Department of English, National University of Modern Languages, Quetta Campus, Balochistan, Pakistan.
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APA : Hashmi, S. M. Q. (2024). Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Case Clitics as Postpositions in Comparison with English Prepositions. Global Social Sciences Review, IX(I), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).01
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CHICAGO : Hashmi, Sana Mahmood Qureshi. 2024. "Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Case Clitics as Postpositions in Comparison with English Prepositions." Global Social Sciences Review, IX (I): 1-9 doi: 10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).01
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HARVARD : HASHMI, S. M. Q. 2024. Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Case Clitics as Postpositions in Comparison with English Prepositions. Global Social Sciences Review, IX, 1-9.
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MHRA : Hashmi, Sana Mahmood Qureshi. 2024. "Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Case Clitics as Postpositions in Comparison with English Prepositions." Global Social Sciences Review, IX: 1-9
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MLA : Hashmi, Sana Mahmood Qureshi. "Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Case Clitics as Postpositions in Comparison with English Prepositions." Global Social Sciences Review, IX.I (2024): 1-9 Print.
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OXFORD : Hashmi, Sana Mahmood Qureshi (2024), "Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Case Clitics as Postpositions in Comparison with English Prepositions", Global Social Sciences Review, IX (I), 1-9
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TURABIAN : Hashmi, Sana Mahmood Qureshi. "Syntactic Analysis of Urdu Case Clitics as Postpositions in Comparison with English Prepositions." Global Social Sciences Review IX, no. I (2024): 1-9. https://doi.org/10.31703/gssr.2024(IX-I).01