Abstract
The present paper examines the form and function of one of the complex predicates that is known as Conjunct verb construction in Hindi. The conjunct verb is a kind of predicate that is formed with either a noun or an adjective and a verb (the light verb). The conjunct verbs that are formed with an adjective and a verb do not pose any problem for the theoreticians. However, the function of the conjunct verb that has a noun and verb is descriptively and theoretically puzzling. The nominal host which comes to form a complex predicate with the light verb has two functions. In one, it not only helps the verb to become complex, but also controls agreement when other noun phrases are overtly case marked, but in other case, it just remains passively in the verb phrase and even when it is the only noun phrase with no overt case marking, it does not show any agreement with the verb. The paper presents this puzzling behaviour of the conjunct verb and its nominal host in two sets A and B respectively and finally evokes the case theory of Chomsky and Panini to give a solution of the problem. The solution is of course a hypothesis but it seems to have explanatory power for the conjunct verb construction.
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