Dhivehi : The Language of the Maldives /
Gnanadesikan, Amalia E.
Dhivehi : The Language of the Maldives / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan; ed. by Anne David. - 1 online resource (XII, 351 p.) - Mouton-CASL Grammar Series [MCASL] ; 3 .
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. About this Grammar -- 2. The Dhivehi Language -- 3. Phonology and Writing System -- 4. Lexicon -- 5. Nouns and Noun Morphology -- 6. Demonstratives, Pro-forms, and Noun Modifiers -- 7. Postpositions and Adverbs -- 8. Verbs and Verb Morphology -- 9. Particles, Interjections, Conjunctions, and Discourse Markers -- 10. Noun Phrases -- 11. Compound Verbs, Verbal Collocations, and Verbal Complexes -- 12. Simple Sentences -- 13. Complex Sentences -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Dhivehi, the language of the Maldives, has received little attention in the linguistic literature, and no other comprehensive grammar of the standard language has yet been published.This work describes the phonology, unique orthography, morphology, and syntax of standard Dhivehi. Plentiful examples with native orthography, Roman transliteration, and morpheme-by-morpheme glossing illustrate the various features of the language.This grammar will be of use both to linguists and to students of Dhivehi. dhivehi (Maldivian), the national language of the Maldives, has received very little attention in the linguistic literature. With Sinhala (Sinhalese) Dhivehi constitutes a branch of the Indo-Aryan languages that shows a number of features unusual within the Indo-Aryan group, such as a lack of contrastive aspiration, prenasalized stops, and a lack of relative pronouns. Dhivehi also displays features unknown to Sinhala, such as a nonverbal copula and an associative plural, as well as its own unique alphabet, Thaana.Based on both fieldwork and corpus research, this grammar provides comprehensive coverage of the phonology, orthography, morphology, and syntax of standard written and spoken Dhivehi. The plentiful examples provide native Thaana orthography, Roman transliteration, and morpheme-by-morpheme glossing along with free translations.Written in an accessible style from a theory-neutral perspective, this work will be of use to linguistic researchers, language scholars, and students of Dhivehi.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781614513049 9781501500763 9781614512349
10.1515/9781614512349 doi
Divehi language--Grammar.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINESÂ / Linguistics / General.
Dhivehi. Indo-European Languages. Language Typology.
PK1836.1 / .G626 2017
491.4/89
Dhivehi : The Language of the Maldives / Amalia E. Gnanadesikan; ed. by Anne David. - 1 online resource (XII, 351 p.) - Mouton-CASL Grammar Series [MCASL] ; 3 .
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. About this Grammar -- 2. The Dhivehi Language -- 3. Phonology and Writing System -- 4. Lexicon -- 5. Nouns and Noun Morphology -- 6. Demonstratives, Pro-forms, and Noun Modifiers -- 7. Postpositions and Adverbs -- 8. Verbs and Verb Morphology -- 9. Particles, Interjections, Conjunctions, and Discourse Markers -- 10. Noun Phrases -- 11. Compound Verbs, Verbal Collocations, and Verbal Complexes -- 12. Simple Sentences -- 13. Complex Sentences -- References -- Index
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
Dhivehi, the language of the Maldives, has received little attention in the linguistic literature, and no other comprehensive grammar of the standard language has yet been published.This work describes the phonology, unique orthography, morphology, and syntax of standard Dhivehi. Plentiful examples with native orthography, Roman transliteration, and morpheme-by-morpheme glossing illustrate the various features of the language.This grammar will be of use both to linguists and to students of Dhivehi. dhivehi (Maldivian), the national language of the Maldives, has received very little attention in the linguistic literature. With Sinhala (Sinhalese) Dhivehi constitutes a branch of the Indo-Aryan languages that shows a number of features unusual within the Indo-Aryan group, such as a lack of contrastive aspiration, prenasalized stops, and a lack of relative pronouns. Dhivehi also displays features unknown to Sinhala, such as a nonverbal copula and an associative plural, as well as its own unique alphabet, Thaana.Based on both fieldwork and corpus research, this grammar provides comprehensive coverage of the phonology, orthography, morphology, and syntax of standard written and spoken Dhivehi. The plentiful examples provide native Thaana orthography, Roman transliteration, and morpheme-by-morpheme glossing along with free translations.Written in an accessible style from a theory-neutral perspective, this work will be of use to linguistic researchers, language scholars, and students of Dhivehi.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9781614513049 9781501500763 9781614512349
10.1515/9781614512349 doi
Divehi language--Grammar.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINESÂ / Linguistics / General.
Dhivehi. Indo-European Languages. Language Typology.
PK1836.1 / .G626 2017
491.4/89