LEADER 05329nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910463157703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89540-4 010 $a90-272-7313-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000280423 035 $a(EBL)1053081 035 $a(OCoLC)818870223 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000755142 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12318026 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000755142 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10729711 035 $a(PQKB)11282646 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1053081 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1053081 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10620933 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420790 035 $a(OCoLC)902947947 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000280423 100 $a20120822d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBengali$b[electronic resource] /$fHanne-Ruth Thompson 210 $aAmsterdam ;$aPhiladelphia $cJohn Benjamins Pub. Co.$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (412 p.) 225 0$aLondon Oriental and African language library ;$vv. 18 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a90-272-3819-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBengali; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Table of contents; Preface; Abbreviations; Glosses; Transliteration; Chapter 1. Introduction; 1. Bangla and its speakers; 2. History (Language and Literature); 3. The bangla lexicon; 4. Sadhu bhasha; 5. Bengali linguistics; Chapter 2. Sound system; 2.1 Phonemes; 2.1.1 Single vowels; 2.1.2 Vowel sequences; 2.1.3 Nasalised vowels; 2.1.4 Semivowel/glide; 2.1.5 Consonants; 2.1.6 consonant clusters or sequences; 2.2 syllable structure; 2.3 Vowel harmony; 2.4 Consonant assimilation; 2.5 The inherent vowel 327 $a2.5.1 Presence or absence of the inherent vowel2.5.2 pronunciation; Chapter 3. The Bengali script; Alphabetical order of letters; Spellings and sounds; positioning of vowels; vowels; consonants; additional symbols; conjuncts; consonant vowel combinations; Chapter 4. Word formation; 4.1 Prefixes and suffixes; 4.1.1 Prefixes; 4.1.1.1 Sanskrit and Bangla prefixes; 4.1.2 Suffixes; 4.2 Adjective derivations; 4.3 Noun derivations; 4.4 Verbal patterns; Chapter 5. Morphology; 5.1 Parts of speech (overview); 5.2 Nouns; 5.2.1 Types of nouns; 5.2.2 Bare nouns; 5.2.3 Gender 327 $a5.2.4 The classifiers - overview5.2.5 the classifiers- one by one; 5.2.5.1 ta; 5.2.5.2 ti; 5.2.5.3 jn; 5.2.5.4 khana and khani; 5.2.5.5 gulo, guli (occasionally gula); 5.2.5.6 tuku; 5.2.6 Plural formation; 5.2.7 Definite - indefinite; 5.2.8 Animate - inanimate; 5.2.9 Ordinary - honorific; 5.2.10 Count - non-count; 5.2.11 Case; 5.2.11.1 Nominative; 5.2.11.2 Genitive; 5.2.11.3 Objective; 5.2.11.4 Locative; 5.2.12 Multiple noun attachments; 5.3 Pronouns; 5.3.1 Personal and possessive pronouns; 5.3.2 Inanimate pronouns; 5.3.3 Relative pronouns; 5.3.4 Interrogative pronouns 327 $a5.3.5 Indefinite pronouns5.3.6 Deictic pronouns; 5.4 Verbs; 5.4.1 Verb classes; 5.4.2 Vowel mutation; 5.4.3 Verb forms; 5.4.4 Imperatives; 5.4.5 Non-finite verb forms; 5.4.6 Incomplete verbs, isolated verb forms and verbal fragments; 5.5 Adjectives; 5.5.1 Types of adjectives; 5.5.2 Attributive uses; 5.5.3 Predicative uses; 5.5.4 Verbal adjectives; 5.5.5 Comparison of adjectives; 5.5.6 Quantifiers; 5.5.7 Distributive adjectives; 5.5.7.1 Pro?ti each; 5.5.7.2 Pro?tyek each; 5.6 Adverbs; 5.6.1 Formation of adverbs; 5.6.1.1 With ko?re; 5.6.1.2 With bhabe 327 $a5.6.1.3 Adding -e (a locative ending) to some adjectives and nouns5.6.1.4 Adverbs in -to?; 5.6.2 Uses of adverbs; 5.6.2.1 Adverbs modifying verbs; 5.6.2.2 Adverbs modifying adjectives or other adverbs; 5.6.2.3 Sentence adverbs; 5.6.3 Semantic groups; 5.6.3.1 Time adverbials; 5.6.3.2 Adverbs of frequency; 5.6.3.3 Adverbs of place; 5.6.3.4 Adverbs of manner; 5.6.3.5 Adverbs of vagueness; 5.6.3.6 Adverbs of degree; 5.6.4 Order of adverbs; 5.7 Postpositions; 5.7.1 Common postpositions - overview; 5.7.2 Individual postpositions in context; 5.7.2.1 age; 5.7.2.2 upo?re (also upo?r, opo?r); 5.7.2.3 kache 327 $a5.7.2.4 chara 330 $aBangla (Bengali), an Eastern Indo-Aryan Language, is the national language of Bangladesh with 150 million speakers and the state language of Paschim Banga (West Bengal) in India with 90 million speakers. There are sizeable communities of Bengalis scattered all over the world. Altogether, the number of native speakers make Bangla the fifth or sixth largest language in the world. Like Hindi and other South Asian languages, Bangla has subject-object-verb word order, postpositions, causative and compound verbs. Unlike Hindi it has no gender. This volume presents a systematic overview of the 410 0$aLondon Oriental and African Language Library 606 $aBengali language$xHistory 606 $aBengali language$xGrammar 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aBengali language$xHistory. 615 0$aBengali language$xGrammar. 676 $a491.4409 700 $aThompson$b Hanne-Ruth$0770002 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463157703321 996 $aBengali$91570455 997 $aUNINA