A Descriptive Grammar of Nepali and an Analyzed CorpusGeorgetown University Press, 1991 - 396 pages A college textbook for engineering majors. The authors argue that an understanding of geometry is central and that computers should be invoked only when the principles are understood. There being no systematic descriptive grammar of the language of Nepal, this work fills a gap by providing a description of the sound system, writing system, morphology, and syntax of Nepali. The description is more practical than theoretical and can be the basis of course materials. A short story is thoroughly analyzed. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
Contents
The sound system | 14 |
Suprasegmentals in Nepali | 36 |
The writing system | 62 |
The form classes | 77 |
Substitute forms | 87 |
Notes for Chapter 6 | 97 |
The proper noun phrase | 103 |
Dependent nominals functioning as modifiers | 110 |
Clausal structures | 158 |
Special types of clauses | 169 |
Note for Chapter 21 | 176 |
Sentential structures | 181 |
References | 187 |
Ward Literal English translation | 197 |
The roman transliteration of the Devanagari text | 205 |
Clause structure analysis | 213 |
Adjectival structures | 118 |
Adverbial structures | 127 |
15 | 134 |
Interjection vocatives and nuance particles | 141 |
Verbal structures | 147 |
Phrase structures sorted | 309 |
Lexicon in order of occurrence | 316 |
Lexicon in alphabetical order | 357 |
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Common terms and phrases
AA:advl AA:PP adjectivals adjectives adjl AdjP adverbial advl allophones alveopalatal articulation bajai baseki basnu bhae bhane bhanera bhayo clause cmpden cn-nm complement conj.prt consonant symbols dekhnu Devanagari Deviraman DO:CNP-ac dulahi emph ev1 pst hunu garna garnu gender gn cs.mkr grammar huncha hunthyo impf.prt inflected intj intonation iv1 pres jānu jasto kāma kehi LA:CNP-lc lägnu Laksmi Lexical morphology mā lc cs.mkr modifiers nasal Nauli Nepali Nepali language nimitta noun phrase nuance particles obligatory occur pachi palta pani advl parnu participle perfective aspect phonemes postpositions pres hunu prf.cont.prt pro-nm pro.pers prol.adj pronouns S:cn-nm sabai sb.mkr SC:adj-nm speech acts stress structure Subhadra subhadrāko subject complement subordinating conjunctions suffix Sushil Susila syllable thi.in thie thiyo tv1 abs.prt tv1 prf.prt tv1 pst tv1 pst bhannu verb vowel एक के थियो दुलही देवीरमणको पनि भने यो सुभद्रा सुभद्राको हो