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Bengali [electronic resource] / Hanne-Ruth Thompson.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Bengali Series: London Oriental and African language library ; v. 18.Publication details: Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., ©2012.Description: 1 online resource (xxviii, 384 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9027273138
  • 9789027273130
  • 9781283895408
  • 1283895404
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Bengali.DDC classification:
  • 491.4/409 23
LOC classification:
  • PK1659 .T56 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Bengali; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Glosses; Transliteration; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1. Bangla and its speakers; 2. History (Language and Literature); 3. The bangla lexicon; 4. Sadhu bhasha; 5. Bengali linguistics; Chapter 2. Sound system; 2.1 Phonemes; 2.1.1 Single vowels; 2.1.2 Vowel sequences; 2.1.3 Nasalised vowels; 2.1.4 Semivowel/glide; 2.1.5 Consonants; 2.1.6 consonant clusters or sequences; 2.2 syllable structure; 2.3 Vowel harmony; 2.4 Consonant assimilation; 2.5 The inherent vowel.
2.5.1 Presence or absence of the inherent vowel2.5.2 pronunciation; Chapter 3. The Bengali script; Alphabetical order of letters; Spellings and sounds; positioning of vowels; vowels; consonants; additional symbols; conjuncts; consonant vowel combinations; Chapter 4. Word formation; 4.1 Prefixes and suffixes; 4.1.1 Prefixes; 4.1.1.1 Sanskrit and Bangla prefixes; 4.1.2 Suffixes; 4.2 Adjective derivations; 4.3 Noun derivations; 4.4 Verbal patterns; Chapter 5. Morphology; 5.1 Parts of speech (overview); 5.2 Nouns; 5.2.1 Types of nouns; 5.2.2 Bare nouns; 5.2.3 Gender.
5.2.4 The classifiers -- overview5.2.5 the classifiers- one by one; 5.2.5.1 ta; 5.2.5.2 ti; 5.2.5.3 jn; 5.2.5.4 khana and khani; 5.2.5.5 gulo, guli (occasionally gula); 5.2.5.6 tuku; 5.2.6 Plural formation; 5.2.7 Definite -- indefinite; 5.2.8 Animate -- inanimate; 5.2.9 Ordinary -- honorific; 5.2.10 Count -- non-count; 5.2.11 Case; 5.2.11.1 Nominative; 5.2.11.2 Genitive; 5.2.11.3 Objective; 5.2.11.4 Locative; 5.2.12 Multiple noun attachments; 5.3 Pronouns; 5.3.1 Personal and possessive pronouns; 5.3.2 Inanimate pronouns; 5.3.3 Relative pronouns; 5.3.4 Interrogative pronouns.
5.3.5 Indefinite pronouns5.3.6 Deictic pronouns; 5.4 Verbs; 5.4.1 Verb classes; 5.4.2 Vowel mutation; 5.4.3 Verb forms; 5.4.4 Imperatives; 5.4.5 Non-finite verb forms; 5.4.6 Incomplete verbs, isolated verb forms and verbal fragments; 5.5 Adjectives; 5.5.1 Types of adjectives; 5.5.2 Attributive uses; 5.5.3 Predicative uses; 5.5.4 Verbal adjectives; 5.5.5 Comparison of adjectives; 5.5.6 Quantifiers; 5.5.7 Distributive adjectives; 5.5.7.1 Prôti each; 5.5.7.2 Prôtyek each; 5.6 Adverbs; 5.6.1 Formation of adverbs; 5.6.1.1 With kôre; 5.6.1.2 With bhabe.
5.6.1.3 Adding -e (a locative ending) to some adjectives and nouns5.6.1.4 Adverbs in -tô; 5.6.2 Uses of adverbs; 5.6.2.1 Adverbs modifying verbs; 5.6.2.2 Adverbs modifying adjectives or other adverbs; 5.6.2.3 Sentence adverbs; 5.6.3 Semantic groups; 5.6.3.1 Time adverbials; 5.6.3.2 Adverbs of frequency; 5.6.3.3 Adverbs of place; 5.6.3.4 Adverbs of manner; 5.6.3.5 Adverbs of vagueness; 5.6.3.6 Adverbs of degree; 5.6.4 Order of adverbs; 5.7 Postpositions; 5.7.1 Common postpositions -- overview; 5.7.2 Individual postpositions in context; 5.7.2.1 age; 5.7.2.2 upôre (also upôr, opôr); 5.7.2.3 kache.
Summary: Bangla (Bengali), an Eastern Indo-Aryan Language, is the national language of Bangladesh with 150 million speakers and the state language of Paschim Banga (West Bengal) in India with 90 million speakers. There are sizeable communities of Bengalis scattered all over the world. Altogether, the number of native speakers make Bangla the fifth or sixth largest language in the world. Like Hindi and other South Asian languages, Bangla has subject-object-verb word order, postpositions, causative and compound verbs. Unlike Hindi it has no gender. This volume presents a systematic overview of the.
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Bengali; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Glosses; Transliteration; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1. Bangla and its speakers; 2. History (Language and Literature); 3. The bangla lexicon; 4. Sadhu bhasha; 5. Bengali linguistics; Chapter 2. Sound system; 2.1 Phonemes; 2.1.1 Single vowels; 2.1.2 Vowel sequences; 2.1.3 Nasalised vowels; 2.1.4 Semivowel/glide; 2.1.5 Consonants; 2.1.6 consonant clusters or sequences; 2.2 syllable structure; 2.3 Vowel harmony; 2.4 Consonant assimilation; 2.5 The inherent vowel.

2.5.1 Presence or absence of the inherent vowel2.5.2 pronunciation; Chapter 3. The Bengali script; Alphabetical order of letters; Spellings and sounds; positioning of vowels; vowels; consonants; additional symbols; conjuncts; consonant vowel combinations; Chapter 4. Word formation; 4.1 Prefixes and suffixes; 4.1.1 Prefixes; 4.1.1.1 Sanskrit and Bangla prefixes; 4.1.2 Suffixes; 4.2 Adjective derivations; 4.3 Noun derivations; 4.4 Verbal patterns; Chapter 5. Morphology; 5.1 Parts of speech (overview); 5.2 Nouns; 5.2.1 Types of nouns; 5.2.2 Bare nouns; 5.2.3 Gender.

5.2.4 The classifiers -- overview5.2.5 the classifiers- one by one; 5.2.5.1 ta; 5.2.5.2 ti; 5.2.5.3 jn; 5.2.5.4 khana and khani; 5.2.5.5 gulo, guli (occasionally gula); 5.2.5.6 tuku; 5.2.6 Plural formation; 5.2.7 Definite -- indefinite; 5.2.8 Animate -- inanimate; 5.2.9 Ordinary -- honorific; 5.2.10 Count -- non-count; 5.2.11 Case; 5.2.11.1 Nominative; 5.2.11.2 Genitive; 5.2.11.3 Objective; 5.2.11.4 Locative; 5.2.12 Multiple noun attachments; 5.3 Pronouns; 5.3.1 Personal and possessive pronouns; 5.3.2 Inanimate pronouns; 5.3.3 Relative pronouns; 5.3.4 Interrogative pronouns.

5.3.5 Indefinite pronouns5.3.6 Deictic pronouns; 5.4 Verbs; 5.4.1 Verb classes; 5.4.2 Vowel mutation; 5.4.3 Verb forms; 5.4.4 Imperatives; 5.4.5 Non-finite verb forms; 5.4.6 Incomplete verbs, isolated verb forms and verbal fragments; 5.5 Adjectives; 5.5.1 Types of adjectives; 5.5.2 Attributive uses; 5.5.3 Predicative uses; 5.5.4 Verbal adjectives; 5.5.5 Comparison of adjectives; 5.5.6 Quantifiers; 5.5.7 Distributive adjectives; 5.5.7.1 Prôti each; 5.5.7.2 Prôtyek each; 5.6 Adverbs; 5.6.1 Formation of adverbs; 5.6.1.1 With kôre; 5.6.1.2 With bhabe.

5.6.1.3 Adding -e (a locative ending) to some adjectives and nouns5.6.1.4 Adverbs in -tô; 5.6.2 Uses of adverbs; 5.6.2.1 Adverbs modifying verbs; 5.6.2.2 Adverbs modifying adjectives or other adverbs; 5.6.2.3 Sentence adverbs; 5.6.3 Semantic groups; 5.6.3.1 Time adverbials; 5.6.3.2 Adverbs of frequency; 5.6.3.3 Adverbs of place; 5.6.3.4 Adverbs of manner; 5.6.3.5 Adverbs of vagueness; 5.6.3.6 Adverbs of degree; 5.6.4 Order of adverbs; 5.7 Postpositions; 5.7.1 Common postpositions -- overview; 5.7.2 Individual postpositions in context; 5.7.2.1 age; 5.7.2.2 upôre (also upôr, opôr); 5.7.2.3 kache.

Bangla (Bengali), an Eastern Indo-Aryan Language, is the national language of Bangladesh with 150 million speakers and the state language of Paschim Banga (West Bengal) in India with 90 million speakers. There are sizeable communities of Bengalis scattered all over the world. Altogether, the number of native speakers make Bangla the fifth or sixth largest language in the world. Like Hindi and other South Asian languages, Bangla has subject-object-verb word order, postpositions, causative and compound verbs. Unlike Hindi it has no gender. This volume presents a systematic overview of the.

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