Vol. 7, Issue 3, Part D (2021)

Abstract
In this paper we have looked at the various aspects of Case checking in Bangla and offered a Minimalist account of it. Special thrust has been on the explanation of two structural Cases – Nominative and Accusative – in the new framework. The discussion has also thrown open the possibility of reinterpreting Oblique Case as structural based on the facts of Bangla. At appropriate junctures of the discourse, we have taken up the issue of interaction between Case checking and word order requirements at PF, which has culminated in the emergence of a picture of the basic clause of Bangla.