Hindi / Yamuna Kachru.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kachru, Yamuna.

Series:

London Oriental and African language library ; v. 12.

London Oriental and African language library, 1382-3485 ; v. 12

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hindi language--Grammar.

Hindi language.

Hindustani language--Grammar.

Hindustani language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 309 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents the structure of Hindi keeping in view the sociolinguistic context of language use. It includes descriptions of sounds, devices of word formation, rules of phrase and sentence construction and conventions of language use in spoken and written texts incorporating the insights gained by application of recent linguistic theories. The account presented here, however, is free from abstruse technical vocabulary and modes of presentation that aim at justifying a particular linguistic model. This volume is primarily designed as a source of reference for linguists and educators who want to be better informed about the forms and functions of Hindi, and a resource for students and teachers of Hindi.Hindi, the official language of the Republic of India, is the second most widely spoken language with approximately three hundred and fifty million speakers. In its diasporic contexts, it is spoken in Africa, Australia, Europe, Fiji, Guyana, Surinam, Trinidad, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and United States. An Indo-European language by genetic affiliation, Hindi shares many characteristics with Austro-Asiatic, Dravidian, and Sino-Tibetan languages of the subcontinent. In addition, Hindi has assimilated features of Arabic, Persian and English in a variety of its functionally determined styles.

Contents:

HINDI

Editorial page

Title page

LCC data

In memoriam

Contents

Preface

Symbols and Abbreviations

1. Introduction

1.0. Historical Background

1.1. Status

Notes

2. Sound System

2.0. Hindi Sounds

2.1. Vowels

2.2. Consonants

2.3. Consonant Clusters

2.4. Pronunciation

2.5. Stress

2.6. Syllables

2.7. Morphophonemic Alternations

2.8. Intonation

3. Devanagari Script

3.0. Devanagari

3.1. Vowels

3.2. Syllabary: Consonants

Note

4. Parts of Speech

4.0. Parts of Speech

4.1. Noun

4.2. Determiner

4.3. Pronoun

4.4. Adjective

4.5. Verb

4.6. Adverb

4.7. Postposition

4.8. Conjunction

4.9. Particle

4.10. Interjection

5. Word Formation

5.0. Formation of Words

5.1. Derivation of Nouns

5.2. Derivation of Adjectives

5.3. Derivation of Verbs

5.4. Reduplication

6. The Noun Phrase

6.0. The Noun Phrase

6.1. Simple Noun Phrase

6.2. Complex Noun Phrase

6.3. Relative Clause and Participle

7. Verb and Verb Phrase

7.0. The Verb

7.1. Object

7.2. Complement

7.3. The Verb Phrase

8. Syntax: Simple Sentence

8.0. Sentence Structure

8.1. Word Order

8.2. Agreement

8.3. Simple Sentence

8.4. Voice

8.5. Mood

8.6. Types of Simple Sentences

8.7. Constructions (prayog) in Active

9. Syntax: Complex and Compound Sentences

9.0. Complex Sentences

9.1. Complement Clause

9.2. Correlative Constructions

9.3. Participial Constructions

9.4. Conditional Clause

9.5. Compound Sentence

10. Information Structure

10.0. Information Structure

10.1. Theme

10.2. Focus

11. Discourse Structure

11.0. Sentence vs. Discourse

11.1. Cohesive Devices

11.2. Politeness

11.3. Choice of Code(s)

11.4. Discourse Markers

11.5. Interjections.

11.6. Speaking

11.7. Writing

Appendix 1

Chapter 1

Chapter 11

Appendix 2

References

Select Bibliography

Index

The series London Oriental and African Language Library.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-15526-1

9786612155260

90-272-9314-7

OCLC:

320323087