Descriptive grammar of Pashto and its dialects / / Anne Boyle David ; edited by Claudia M. Brugman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910816281903321
• Autore: David Anne Boyle
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Berlin : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-61451-231-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (530 p.)
• Collana: Mouton-CASL grammar series ; ; volume 1
• Altri autori (Persone): BrugmanClaudia M
• Disciplina: 491/.5935
• Soggetti: Pushto language - Grammar
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Foreword -- Series Editors' Preface -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. About this Grammar -- 2. The Pashto Language / David, Anne Boyle -- 3. Phonology and Orthography / Miller, Corey / David, Anne Boyle -- 4. Pashto Dialects / Miller, Corey -- 5. Nouns / Twist, Alina / David, Anne Boyle -- 6. Adjectives and Other Noun Modifiers / Fox, Melissa / Twist, Alina -- 7. Pronouns / David, Anne Boyle -- 8. Verbs / David, Anne Boyle / Goodman, Sarah -- 9. Adpositions / Brugman, Claudia M. -- 10. Other Lexical Elements / Fox, Melissa / David, Anne Boyle -- 11. Syntax / Brugman, Claudia M. / David, Anne Boyle -- A. Structure of this Grammar / Maxwell, Michael / David, Anne Boyle -- B. Sources of Pashto Data -- Bibliography -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Pashto/Pushto/Pukhto is a group of varieties used by as many as 30 million people in Afghanistan and Pakistan, yet a grammar describing these varieties collectively has not been published. The CASL Pashto grammar originates from extensive use of both primary and secondary materials. It attends to features of both spoken and written forms of Pashto and exemplifies the latter generously with naturally-occurring sentences. Detailed descriptions are provided of the phonology and orthography and of the inflectional and derivational morphology applied to all major word classes, with special attention to the complex morphology of verb formation and descriptions of the multiple pronominal systems. Notes on some of the prominent syntactic constructions are provided as a descriptive basis for learners of Pashto ; and for those interested in syntactic properties characteristic of South Asian languages. For the first time, the highly distinctive Middle dialects, including Waziri, receive attention next to the other major dialect groups. A formal grammar focusing on the morphology is an available companion work.