A fresh look at grammatical relations in Indo-Aryan (original) (raw)

The paper investigates grammatical relations (GRs) in Indo-Aryan languages, focusing on the interaction between case-marking and syntactic structures, particularly within Hindi. It contrasts the behavior of GRs in Indo-Aryan languages with ergative case systems and accusative syntax found in European languages. The findings emphasize the nuanced roles of agreement systems, suggesting that GRs depend on a hierarchy of argument roles and the highest nominative argument, contributing new insights into the complexities of grammatical relations in these languages.