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Argument Patterns in Telugu Complex Predicates: Noun + Light Verb Combinations

language studies/Linguistics/V16N32024

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Satish Kumar Nadimpalli^1* & Sujani Tata²
¹Associate Professor, Dept. of English and Foreign Languages, Sagi Rama Krishnam Raju Engineering College (A), Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India. *Corresponding author.
²Associate Professor, Dept. of Basic Sciences, Sri Vasavi Engineering College (A), Tadepalligudem, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Dravidian languages, spoken mostly in the Southern part of India, abound in multi-verbal constructions, which are now called Complex Predicates (CPs). A CP is a multiword compound that acts as a single verb with a Light Verb (LV) as an integral part. LVs significantly determine the argument structure and the meaning of the entire CP construction. They contribute a wide range of semantic values in combination with the preverbal elements of the CPs (Hook 1991, 1993, Butt 1995). Regarding Noun (N) +LV CPs, all N+LV constructions are not CPs. Noun Incorporation (NI) structures are a similar and wide phenomenon present across language families. These NIs are also composed of the same N+V constituents. Baker (1988) assumes a set of defining characteristics for NIs, which falls short for languages like Telugu and Kannada that have rich morpho-syntactic features, allowing multi-word constructions. The present study proposes some more criteria for differentiating CPs from NIs. The composition of the argument structure is also determined by the combinatorial possibilities of the constituents in an N +LV CP. The present study will also examine whether the N+LV type can be subcategorized for clausal arguments in Dravidian Languages, with Telugu data serving as a case in point. Moreover, it finds out what clauses the N+LV CPs subcategorize for and how the LVs play a role in determining the transitive value and argument/thematic structure of the whole sentence. This study would eventually contribute to the universality of CPs in particular and to the Universal Grammar at large.

Keywords: Argument Composition, Complex Predicates, Light Verbs, preverbal noun, Telugu.

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Article History: Received: 20 August 2024. Revised: 28 November 2024. Accepted: 29 November 2024. First published: 30 November 2024.
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Citation: Nadimpalli, S. K. & Tata, S. (2024). Argument Patterns in Telugu Complex Predicates: Noun + Light Verb Combinations. Rupkatha Journal 16:3. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n3.11g

Argument Composition in N+LV Complex Predicates of Kannada

Linguistics/V16N22024

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Satish Kumar Nadimpalli^1* & Bh V N Lakshmi²
^1,2Dept. of English, SRKR Engineering College, Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh, India. *Corresponding author.

^{Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 16, Issue 2, 2024. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n2.34g}
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Complex Predicates (CPs hereafter) are abundant in Dravidian Languages spoken in the Southern part of India. A CP is a multi-word expression that acts as one verbal unit where a Light Verb (LV hereafter) plays a vital role (Amberber et al., 2010). LVs, with their syntactic and semantic features and preverbs, determine the argument structure of the whole CP construction. LVs have a distinctive feature of acquiring contextual meanings in combination with the preverbal elements, and this phenomenon is common across language families. (Hook 1991, 1993, Butt 1995). N+LV CPs and Noun Incorporation (NI) structures, which appear to be the same phenomenon, are two different structures altogether, though both have N+V composition. Baker (1988) proposes some defining characteristics for NI structures, which are indeed short for Dravidian languages like Kannada and Telugu, which are highly rich in morpho-syntactic features. According to SK Nadimpalli et al. (2022), additional characteristics exist that can effectively distinguish CPs from NIs. These were demonstrated using Telugu data. The present research concentrates on the difference between NIs and CPs with regard to the argument composition of the whole predicate. The study will also investigate how preverbal nouns in CPs, with specific semantic features, combine with different LVs and how the whole argument structure is composed, with the help of Kannada data as a case in point. The LVs exhibit a wide range of syntactic and semantic properties in consonance with the preverbal noun it combines with to constitute a CP construction. The selection of LVs is inherently language-specific, with LVs in Kannada potentially exhibiting different syntactic and semantic behaviors compared to their counterparts in Telugu. This study, with data from Kannada, would add to the syntactic and semantic repertoire of LVs and N+ LV CPs in Dravidian languages in particular and to the Universal Grammar at large.

Keywords: Complex Predicate, Noun Incorporation, Light Verbs, Argument Structure, Kannada.

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Funding: No funding was received for this research.
Article History: Received: 29 February 2024. Revised: 25 June 2024. Accepted: 28 June 2024. First published: 30 June 2024.
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Citation: Nadimpalli, S. K. & Lakshmi, Bh. V. N. (2024). Argument Composition in N+LV Complex Predicates of Kannada. Rupkatha Journal 16:2. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n2.34g

Detection of English Grammatical Errors and Correction using Graph Dual Encoder Decoder with Pyramid Attention Network

Language Engineering/language studies/Linguistics/V16N22024

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Hema M^1*, Kandasamy Sellamuthu²^,Vijayarajeswari R³
¹Department of English, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore, India. *Corresponding author.
²Department of CSE, KPR Institute of Engineering and Technology, Arasur, Coimbatore-641407, India.
³Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Velalar College of Engineering and Technology, India.

^{Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 16, Issue 2, 2024. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n2.04}
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In English, grammatical errors pose a significant challenge, prompting the exploration of diverse detection and correction methods. Existing approaches, however, often fall short of delivering satisfactory results and achieving high accuracy. An innovative solution, the Optimized Graph Dual Encoder Decoder with Pyramid Attention (OGDED-PA), is introduced to overcome these limitations. The model utilizes the C4_200M synthetic dataset for input data, followed by preprocessing and applying hybrid Squared Root of Term Frequency Variants with Mean Semi-absolute Deviation Factors for morphological feature extraction. Bidirectional long short-term memory with conditional random field segmentation is employed, and OGDED-PA, integrating a dual encoder-decoder architecture and pyramid attention mechanism, is then applied. This model aims to enhance accuracy in identifying and correcting grammar, syntax, punctuation, and spelling errors by capturing intricate linguistic patterns. The graph-based representation leverages Improved Border Collie Optimization (IBCO) to optimize the weight parameter, allowing the model to analyze syntactic and semantic relationships and address a broad spectrum of grammatical errors. The proposed method is implemented using the Python platform. Compared to existing methods, the proposed approach achieves 99.3% accuracy, 98.7% precision and 98.6% F_0.5.

Keywords: English grammatical error detection and correction, Morphological features, Pyramid attention mechanism, Improved Border Collie Optimization, Dual encoder and decoder

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Ethical Consideration: Informed consent was obtained from all the participants of the study.
Funding: No funding was received for this research.
Article History: Received: 08 March 2024. Revised: 27 June 2024. Accepted: 28 June 2024. First published: 29 June 2024.
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Citation: Hema, M. & Sellamuthu, K. & Vijayarajeswari, R. (2024). Detection of English Grammatical Errors and Correction using Graph Dual Encoder Decoder with Pyramid Attention Network. Rupkatha Journal 16:2. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n2.04

Dominant Language, Urbanization and Lexical Depletion of Native Language: A Corpus Linguistics Study

Linguistics/V16N22024

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Gatha Sharma
Associate Professor, Shiv Nadar Institution of Eminence, India.

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India is home to hundreds of languages. Each Indian language is unique and an identity marker for individuals, communities, and their culture. The English language, though not native to India, has a significant presence in this vast country. One hundred and ninety years of British colonial rule over India had established English as the ‘dominant language’ in the country long ago. Rapid urbanization; and the consequent proliferation of telecommunication networks have further increased its dominance over Indian languages in the last few decades. The heavy code-mixing of English words in the Indian languages is reducing the richness of the vocabulary of the Indian languages by replacing their words with English words, thereby initiating ‘lexical depletion’ based language change in the native languages. This paper is an empirical study to map the code-mixing of English words in the Hindi language and its impact on the Hindi language, as observed in Greater Noida, a town that has seen rapid urbanization since 1991. This paper attempts to explain the implications of code-mixing on the Hindi lexicon by analysing a corpus of spoken language data using corpus-linguistics and computational linguistics methodologies.

Keywords: English Language, Hindi Language, Telecommunication, Urbanization, Lexical Depletion.

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Funding: No funding was received for this research.
Article History: Received: April 15 2024. Revised: 20 June 2024. Accepted: 21 June 2024. First published: 23 June 2024.
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Citation: Sharma, G. (2024). Dominant Language, Urbanization and Lexical Depletion of Native Language: A Corpus Linguistics Study. Rupkatha Journal 16:2. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n2.30g

Level Ordering and Lexical Phonology of Bangla: A Stratal Optimality Theoretic Analysis

Linguistics/V16N22024

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Tanushree Sarkar
Assistant Professor, Department of English, Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, Hyderabad,-500075, Telangana, India.

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This study deals with the different word formation processes in Bangla under the framework of Lexical Phonology and Stratal OT with both descriptive and theoretical goals. The study attempts a) to provide a description of the morphophonemics of Bangla that result from the concatenation of morphemes, b) to use the theory of Lexical Phonology and Morphology (Kiparsky, 1982,1985; Mohanan, 1982) and later developments in Stratal OT (Kiparsky, 2003; Bermudez- Otero and McMohan, 2006) and others.

Keywords: Lexical Phonology, Stratal Optimality Theory, Bangla, Rule-based account

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Funding: No funding was received for this research.
Article History: Received: 29 February 2024. Revised: 20 June 2024. Accepted: 21 June 2024. First published: 23 June 2024.
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Citation: Sarkar, T. (2024). Level Ordering and Lexical Phonology of Bangla: A Stratal Optimality Theoretic Analysis. Rupkatha Journal 16:2. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n2.24g

Exploring the Complexity of Mauli: An Analysis of Solidarity, Speech Community, Religion, and Gender in Marathi Address Term Usage

Cultural Studies/Linguistics/V16N22024

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Hanamant Metkari¹, Kaniphnath Malhari Kudale^2* & M Raja Vishwanathan³
¹Assistant Professor Sreenidhi Institute of Science and Technology, Hyderabad Telangana.
² Assistant Professor (Visiting) National Institute of Technology Warangal, Telangana. *Corresponding author.
³ Associate Professor National Institute of Technology Warangal Telangana.

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This paper delves into the intricate semantic nuances and sociopragmatic functions inherent in the Marathi address term “mauli” in the context of a colossal religious gathering. Through morphosyntactic analysis, it uncovers the term’s grammatical gender and its generic usage to encompass feminine and motherly attributes, embracing inclusiveness and generosity. Drawing from primary data collected during the Asadhi pilgrimage of 2023 through semi-structured interviews and participant observations, supplemented by secondary sources such as albums and songs, the study quantitatively and qualitatively examines the frequency and contextual use of “mauli”. Findings reveal its multifaceted sociopragmatic functions, including identity establishment, solidarity marking, politeness expression, and religiosity demonstration. However, its efficacy is constrained by temporal and spatial limitations, potentially hindering broader societal benefits. This exploration sheds light on the complex interplay between linguistic expressions, social dynamics, and religious practices within the Marathi cultural milieu.

Keywords– Address terms, Marathi language, Sociopragmatic functions, Identity negotiation, Gender discourse Asadhi pilgrimage, Mauli, Sociolinguistics, Politeness strategies, Pandharpur

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Funding: No funding was received for this research.
Article History: Received: 01 February 2024. Revised: 13 June 2024. Accepted: 14 June 2024. First published: 18 June 2024.
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Citation: Metkari, H., Kudale, K. M. & Vishwanathan, M. R. (2024). Exploring the Complexity of M?uli: An Analysis of Solidarity, Speech Community, Religion, and Gender in Marathi Address Term Usage. Rupkatha Journal 16:2. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n2.18g

Bridging Tradition and Technology: QR Code Integration in Lontara Script Learning Book to Improve Writing and Language Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Language Engineering/language studies/Linguistics/V16N22024

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Yusuf Yusuf¹, Gusnawaty Gusnawaty^2*^,Risdamayanti Risdamayanti³^,Fathria Azzahra Affandy⁴, Nur Alya⁵
^1.2,3,4,5 Department of Regional Languages and Literatures, Hasanuddin University.

^{Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 16, Issue 2, 2024. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n2.03}
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This study examines the creation and assessment of a Lontara Script Learning Book augmented with QR Code technology to boost students’ Lontara script writing abilities and their proficiency in the Makassar language. Nineteen first-grade students from SD Inpres Kera-Kera in Makassar city participated in the study. The research unfolds into three stages: 1) Preparation, which includes initial observations and interviews, literature review, discussions, and research tool preparation; 2) Implementation, involving the introduction of the learning media, pretest, implementation of Lontara Script Learning Book based on QR Code, summarizing and posttest; 3) Evaluation based on observation, pretest and posttest results serves as the data source. The findings revealed a notable average enhancement of 50.37 in the students’ Lontara script writing skills. Moreover, there was an average increase of 44.21 in Makassar language proficiency through picture guessing exercises and a 37.90 improvement via folklore comprehension. These results signify a substantial advancement in both script learning and language abilities. This innovative educational medium has proven to be effective in enriching the writing and language skills of elementary school students.

Keywords: Lontara, Makassar language, QR Code, Education Technology, South Sulawesi.

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Ethical Consideration: Informed consent was obtained from all the participants of the study.
Funding: No funding was received for this research.
Article History:Received: 25 January 2024. Revised: 29 April 2024. Accepted: 02 May 2024. First published: 03 May 2024
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Citation:Yusuf, Y. & Gusnawaty, G. & Risdamayanti, R. & Affandy. F. A. & Alya, N. (2024). Bridging Tradition and Technology: QR Code Integration in Lontara Script Learning Book to Improve Writing and Language Skills. Rupkatha Journal 16:2. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n2.03

Semantic Model for Fragment of Hindi (Part 2)

Language Engineering/Linguistics

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Vivek Tripathi^1* & Dinesh Rathod²
¹Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. *Corresponding author.
²Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore.

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This paper proposes a formal model for semantic analysis of a fragment of the Hindi language. This paper uses referential noun phrases, transitive and intransitive verb phrases and logical constants to compute the meaning of its sentences generated from the Hindi part-of-speech-tagged corpus features. The paper presents cases of conjunction and negation enriched with idempotent laws that provide semantic computation of simple and complex well-formed formulas. Our system works for any model, with one such model described in our glossary. It deals with the set-theoretic study of essential syntactic categories of Hindi, suggesting the suitability of our rule-based syntactic arrangement and model-based semantic computation by implementing them through an in-house software tool.

Keywords: Natural Languages Processing. Hindi Language Processing. Parser. Context-Free Grammar. Hindi Semantics. Semantic Model for Hindi. Montague Grammar.

Conflicts of Interest: The authors declared no conflicts of interest.
Funding: No funding was received for this research.
Article History: Received: 01 February 2024. Revised: 23 April 2024. Accepted: 24 April 2024. First published: 25 April 2024
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Citation: Tripathi, V & Rathod, D. (2024). Semantic Model for Fragment of Hindi (Part 2). Rupkatha Journal 16:2. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n2.02

Semantic Model for Fragment of Hindi (Part 1)

language studies/Linguistics/Vol16N12024

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Vivek Tripathi¹^* & Dinesh Rathod²
¹Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi. *Corresponding author.
²Research Scholar, Indian Institute of Science,

^{Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 16, Issue 1, 2024. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n1.03g

[Article History: Received: 26 November 2023. Revised: 10 February 2024. Accepted: 11 February 2024. Published: 12 February 2024}^]^{Full-Text PDF Issue Access}

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This paper proposes a formal model for syntactic and semantic analysis for the Hindi language using context-free grammar. In this paper, we developed a syntactic parser that generates syntactic trees for Hindi sentences based on rules of propositional logic, and gender conventions. The context-free rules we have written follow a top-down approach with a sentence that goes on self-arrangement. A set of experiments were run based on the corpus we have created, and significant results are presented in this paper. In addition to the above, the model characterizes lexical items in terms of individuals and sets for the syntactic distribution for well-formed formulas.

Keywords: Natural Languages Processing. Hindi Language Processing. Parser. Context-Free Grammar. Parse Tree. Context-Free Rules for Hindi. Montague Grammar. Look Ahead LR Parser.

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Citation: Tripathi, V. & Rathod, D. (2024). Semantic Model for Fragment of Hindi (Part 1). Rupkatha Journal 16:1. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v16n1.03g

The Text of Minangkabau Collective Riddles: Format, Figurative Language, and Social Function for the Collective Owners

Cultural Studies/Linguistics/Vol15N32023

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Hasanuddin WS ¹, Emidar ², Zulfadhli ³
^1,2,3Indonesian Department, Faculty of Language and Arts, Universitas Negeri Padang.
Rupkatha Journal, Vol. 15, Issue 3, 2023. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v15n3.15
[Article History: Received: 21 June 2023. Revised: 18 August 2023. Accepted: 25 August 2023. Published: 26 August 2023]
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This research article aims to describe the format, figurative language, and social function of the traditional oral texts of Minangkabau collective riddles in West Sumatra, Indonesia. This research is based on the theory of folklore where riddles are categorized as a significant part of oral tradition that grows and develops orally and traditionally within the Minangkabau collective. The description of the research findings will explain the following points. First, how the format of riddles, consisting of descriptions or questions (descriptive) and answers (referent), is used by the Minangkabau collective. Secondly, it explains how the Minangkabau collective oral style uses figurative language to compose the format of descriptions or questions (descriptive) riddles that they ask to be answered by their listeners. Thirdly, it describes the Minangkabau collective attitude of the owners of the oral tradition, and it explains the importance of the riddles in their social life. This finding is in line with the theory about the social function of oral tradition for the collective owner.

Keywords: Riddles, format, figure of speech, social function, Minangkabau collective, West Sumatra.
Citation: WS, Hasanuddin, Emidar, Zulfadhli. 2023. The Text of Minangkabau Collective Riddles: Format, Figurative Language, and Social Function for the Collective Owners. Rupkatha Journal 15:3. https://doi.org/10.21659/rupkatha.v15n3.15

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