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Descriptive Grammar of Bangla / Anne Boyle David; ed. by Thomas J. Conners, Dustin Chacón.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Mouton-CASL Grammar Series [MCASL] ; 2Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (330 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781614513025
  • 9781501500831
  • 9781614512295
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 491.4482421 23
LOC classification:
  • PK1662 .B69 2015
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  • online - DeGruyter
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  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures. List of Tables -- 1 About this Grammar -- 2 The Bangla Language -- 3 Phonology and Orthography -- 4 Bangla as a South Asian Language -- 5 Nouns -- 6 Pronouns and Other Pro-forms -- 7 Noun Modifiers -- 8 Other Word Classes and Processes -- 9 Verbs -- 10 Syntax -- References Cited -- A The Digital Grammar -- B Unicode Representation -- Index
Summary: Bangla is spoken as the majority language in Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal in India, and as a minority language in several other Indian states. With almost 200 million native speakers, it ranks among the top ten languages in the world in number of speakers. Based on both primary and secondary materials, the CASL Bangla grammar provides comprehensive coverage of the phonology, orthography, morphology, and syntax of Bangla. Plentiful examples of naturally-occurring sentences provide native orthography, Romanization, and morpheme-by-morpheme glossing along with free translations. Unlike many Romanizations of Bangla, our system eschews Sanskritic influence and instead reflects actual Bangla phonology. We also offer comparative information of use to linguists, highlighting features of Bangla shared with the South Asian sprachbund, such as light verb constructions, as well as those that differentiate Bangla from its Indo-Aryan relatives; for example, its unique NP structure.Written in an accessible style from a theory-neutral perspective, this work will be of use to linguistic researchers, language scholars, and students of Bangla. A formal grammar focusing on the morphology is an available companion work.
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Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Figures. List of Tables -- 1 About this Grammar -- 2 The Bangla Language -- 3 Phonology and Orthography -- 4 Bangla as a South Asian Language -- 5 Nouns -- 6 Pronouns and Other Pro-forms -- 7 Noun Modifiers -- 8 Other Word Classes and Processes -- 9 Verbs -- 10 Syntax -- References Cited -- A The Digital Grammar -- B Unicode Representation -- Index

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Bangla is spoken as the majority language in Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal in India, and as a minority language in several other Indian states. With almost 200 million native speakers, it ranks among the top ten languages in the world in number of speakers. Based on both primary and secondary materials, the CASL Bangla grammar provides comprehensive coverage of the phonology, orthography, morphology, and syntax of Bangla. Plentiful examples of naturally-occurring sentences provide native orthography, Romanization, and morpheme-by-morpheme glossing along with free translations. Unlike many Romanizations of Bangla, our system eschews Sanskritic influence and instead reflects actual Bangla phonology. We also offer comparative information of use to linguists, highlighting features of Bangla shared with the South Asian sprachbund, such as light verb constructions, as well as those that differentiate Bangla from its Indo-Aryan relatives; for example, its unique NP structure.Written in an accessible style from a theory-neutral perspective, this work will be of use to linguistic researchers, language scholars, and students of Bangla. A formal grammar focusing on the morphology is an available companion work.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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