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Hock, Hans Henrich Marlow, Patrick Edward 2015-09-25T20:50:57Z 2015-09-25T20:50:57Z 10000-01-01 1997 1997 In this thesis I use a dialectological approach to linguistic convergence and areal linguistics to investigate the degree to which Indo-Aryan complementizers and quotatives can be attributed to outside influences (Persian and Dravidian, respectively) or internal developments. I determine that Persian influence is responsible for the spread of complementizers throughout much of Indo-Aryan. However, the initial development of relative complementizers and deictic quotatives must be seen as internal to Indo-Aryan. The development of verbal quotatives is less clear. On the basis of the available data, I conclude that a combination of forces is necessary to account for all of the forms found in Indo-Aryan. In brief, I argue that while a Dravidian source must be acknowledged for those Indo-Aryan languages in direct contact with Dravidian, the distribution of forms in the remaining Indo-Aryan languages with verbal quotatives and the speed of spread necessary to account for their development is more consistent with an internal analysis. Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T20:50:57Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license.txt: 4848 bytes, checksum: 96035ab3f5e1c23cc7138a224ce498bd (MD5) 9737189.pdf: 9071668 bytes, checksum: 67dd1f07f7442e265ae1318da8c64d93 (MD5) Previous issue date: 1997 Embargo set by: Seth Robbins for item 83946 Lift date: Forever Reason: Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs Restricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETDs U of I Only 178 p. Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/2142/82665 (MiAaPQ)AAI9737189 eng Language, Linguistics Origin and Development of the Indo-Aryan Quotatives and Complementizers: An Areal Approach text Linguistics Linguistics University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Dissertation Ph.D.