Marathi (descriptive Grammars)

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Dedication Contents Acknowledgements Key to abbreviations Maps Introduction SYNTAX 1.1 GENERAL QUESTIONS 1.2 STRUCTURAL QUESTIONS 1.3 COORDINATION 1.4 NEGATION 1.5 ANAPHORA 1.6 REFLEXIVES 1.7 RECIPROCALS 1.8 COMPARISON 1.9 EQUATIVES 1.10 POSSESSION 1.11 EMPHASIS 1.12 TOPIC 1.13 HEAVY SHIFT 1.14 OTHER MOVEMENT PROCESSES 1.15 MINOR SENTENCE TYPES 1.16 OPERATIONAL DEFINITIONS OF WORD CLASSES MORPHOLOGY 2.1 INFLECTIONAL MORPHOLOGY 2.2 DERIVATIONAL MORPHOLOGY PHONOLOGY 3.1 PHONOLOGICAL UNITS (SEGMENTAL) 3.2 PHONOTACTICS 3.3 SUPRASEGMENTALS 3.4 MORPHOPHONOLOGY (SEGMENTAL) 3.5 MORPHOPHONOLOGY (SUPRASEGMENTAL) IDEOPHONES AND INTERJECTIONS 4.1 IDEOPHONES 4.2 INTERJECTIONS LEXICON 5.1 STRUCTURED SEMANTIC FIELDS 5.2 BASIC VOCABULARY Bibliography Index This is a complete grammatical description of Marathi, which belongs to the Indo-European family and is spoken in Maharashtra State in India. It has around 45 million speakers, who comprise about eight per cent of the total population of India. Marathi is particularly interesting from the point of view of its structure: it is a blending of linguistic features of the Indo-European and Dravidian language families. Marathi provides fascinating data for the study of language typology, structural change, and language universals. This volume presents a complete grammatical description of Marathi, which belongs to the Indo-European family and is spoken in Maharashtra State in India. It provides data for the study of language typology, structural change and language universals. Rajeshwari V. Pandharipande. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 602-613) And Index.