Hindi: An Essential Grammar

An Essential Gramma
1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-0-415-35670-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 296 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

Reihe: Routledge Essential Grammars

This text provides a reader-friendly guide to the structural patterns of modern standard Hindi. Ideal for both independent learners and classroom students alike, this bookcovers the essentials of Hindi grammar in readable, jargon-free sections.
Key features include:

sections on the speech sounds of Hindi
detailed analysis of Hindi sentence structure
full examples throughout.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Agnihotri, Rama Kant

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: 1. Introduction 2. Simple Hindi Sentence 3. Negatives 4. Questions 5. Imperatives 6. Exclamations Part 2: 7. Nouns 8. More about Nouns 9. Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs 10. Verbs 11. More about Verbs 12. Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs 13. Adjectives 14. Adverbs Part 3: 15.Reduplication 16. Compounds 17. Causatives Part 4: 18. Personal Pronouns 19. Other Pronouns 20. Postpositions 21. Emphatic Particles hii, bhii and to 22.Other Invariants Part 5: 23. Habitual Aspect 24. Progressive Aspect 25. Passive 26. Subjunctive and Future 27. The Ergative Pattern 28. Possession 29. Experiencer Subject 30. Verb caahiye 31. Compound Verbs Part 6: 32. Coordination and Subordination 33. Complex Sentences 34. Relative Clauses 35. Participles Part 7: 36. Hindi Sounds and Script. Vowels 37. Consonantal Sounds 38. Nasal Consonants and Vowel Nasalisation 39. Syllabic Structure. Appendices. A. Grammar in Action. B. Glossary of Technical Terms

Über Autor(innen)

Rama Agnihotri is at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Delhi-he specialises in applied linguistics, language teaching and ELT.