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Descriptive Grammar of Pashto and its Dialects / Anne David; ed. by Claudia Brugman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Mouton-CASL Grammar Series [MCASL] ; 1Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2013]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (500 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9781614513032
  • 9781614512318
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 491.80456
LOC classification:
  • PK6723.D47 D38 2014eb
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  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. About this Grammar -- 2. The Pashto Language -- 3. Phonology and Orthography -- 4. Pashto Dialects -- 5. Nouns -- 6. Adjectives and Other Noun Modifiers -- 7. Pronouns -- 8. Verbs -- 9. Adpositions -- 10. Other Lexical Elements -- 11. Syntax -- A. Structure of this Grammar -- B. Sources of Pashto Data -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary: Pashto/Pushto/Pukhto is a group of varieties used by as many as 30 million people in Afghanistan and Pakistan, yet a grammar describing these varieties collectively has not been published. The CASL Pashto grammar originates from extensive use of both primary and secondary materials. It attends to features of both spoken and written forms of Pashto and exemplifies the latter generously with naturally-occurring sentences. Detailed descriptions are provided of the phonology and orthography and of the inflectional and derivational morphology applied to all major word classes, with special attention to the complex morphology of verb formation and descriptions of the multiple pronominal systems. Notes on some of the prominent syntactic constructions are provided as a descriptive basis for learners of Pashto and for those interested in syntactic properties characteristic of South Asian languages. For the first time, the highly distinctive Middle dialects, including Waziri, receive attention next to the other major dialect groups. A formal grammar focusing on the morphology is an available companion work.
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Frontmatter -- Foreword -- Series Editors’ Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. About this Grammar -- 2. The Pashto Language -- 3. Phonology and Orthography -- 4. Pashto Dialects -- 5. Nouns -- 6. Adjectives and Other Noun Modifiers -- 7. Pronouns -- 8. Verbs -- 9. Adpositions -- 10. Other Lexical Elements -- 11. Syntax -- A. Structure of this Grammar -- B. Sources of Pashto Data -- Bibliography -- Index

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Pashto/Pushto/Pukhto is a group of varieties used by as many as 30 million people in Afghanistan and Pakistan, yet a grammar describing these varieties collectively has not been published. The CASL Pashto grammar originates from extensive use of both primary and secondary materials. It attends to features of both spoken and written forms of Pashto and exemplifies the latter generously with naturally-occurring sentences. Detailed descriptions are provided of the phonology and orthography and of the inflectional and derivational morphology applied to all major word classes, with special attention to the complex morphology of verb formation and descriptions of the multiple pronominal systems. Notes on some of the prominent syntactic constructions are provided as a descriptive basis for learners of Pashto and for those interested in syntactic properties characteristic of South Asian languages. For the first time, the highly distinctive Middle dialects, including Waziri, receive attention next to the other major dialect groups. 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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