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Postpositions & Case Markers

Urdu postpositions, oblique case, and the ergative marker نے
نظریہ حرف جر: نحوی تحلیل
Postposition theory: syntactic analysis
naẓariyya-e-harf-e-jar: naḥvī taḥlīl
Postpositions analyzed as case-assigning heads in P-phrase
مقام ظرفی: مکانی زمانی
Locative and temporal adverbials
maqām-e-ẓarfī: makānī zamānī
Adverbial PP modification of verbs in complex Urdu sentences
کیس: پاکستانی اردو میں کیس نظام
Case: case system in Pakistani Urdu
keis: pākistānī urdū meṃ keis niẓām
Urdu case marked by postpositions — nominative (zero) through ablative
معرفہ تنکیر: حرف تعریف کی غیر موجودگی
Definiteness without articles
ma'rifa tankīr: harf-e-ta'rīf kī ghair maujūdigī
Urdu encodes definiteness through word order, specificity, and context
اسم محذوف: بیضوی ساخت
Noun ellipsis: elliptical constructions
ism-e-mahẓūf: bayẓavī sākht
Urdu allows noun ellipsis: بڑی والی = the big one (noun omitted)
جملہ پیچیدہ: کئی شقوں والا
Complex sentences: multi-clause
jumla-e-pīchīda: kaī shuqūṃ vālā
Embedding multiple clauses in formal Urdu prose
اردو کا نحو الانحراف
Scrambling in Urdu syntax
urdū kā naḥv-ul-inḥirāf
Non-canonical word order for information structure purposes
حروف عطف کی ترتیب
Conjunction scope and ordering
hurūf-e-'aṭf kī tartīb
Scope ambiguity in Urdu conjunctive phrases
مقید ساخت: فقرہ معین کنندہ
Restrictive vs non-restrictive clauses
muqayyad sākht
Relative clause types in Urdu and their interpretation
اردو نحو کا تقابلی مطالعہ
Comparative syntax: Urdu and other SOV languages
urdū naḥv kā taqābulī muṭāla'a
Urdu compared to Turkish, Japanese, Hindi in SOV parameter settings