Abstract
Pashto unergatives, like other Pashto constructions, are characterized by splitergativity with reference to tense; thus the subject nominal shows the nominative
Case1
in the present and the future tenses, and the accusative Case in the past tense
which requires the assignment of the two Cases by two different functional heads.
Following the minimalist idea of agreement, we propose, for Pashto unergative
constructions, that nominative Case to subject nominals is assigned as a result of ϕfeatures agreement between the functional head T and the subject nominals, while
accusative Case is assigned as a result of ϕ-features agreement with the functional
head Voice; as υ in the past tense Pashto constructions is defective in the Chomskian
(2001) sense. The overall conclusion for Case assignment in Pashto unergative
constructions is that the minimalist idea of agreement between a nominal and a
functional head as responsible for structural Case assignment is equally applicable to
Pashto unergative Constructions.
Talat Masood, Mujib Rahman. (2013) A Minimalist Account of Structural Case Assignment in Pashto Unergative Constructions, The Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, Volume-21, Issue-3.
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