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A Translation of Glanville
Joseph Henry Beale, Ranulf de Glanville, John Beames
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R896
Discovery Miles 8 960
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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The Indo-Aryan language family is a branch of the Indo-European
phylum, and includes Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Kashmiri and
Gujarati. First published in 1872, this three-volume comparative
grammar of the family was written by the British civil servant John
Beames (1837 1902). From 1866 he spent twelve years in India,
during which he gathered data for what he intended to be the first
comprehensive and accurate Indo-Aryan grammar. Volume 1 focuses on
phonetics and phonology. Drawing on evidence from Indo-Aryan sound
systems, it shows Sanskrit to be the languages' parent, while
exploring some non-Sanskritic exceptions. It also gives a detailed
historical background to the languages, provides careful
descriptions of their vowel and consonant systems, and explores how
Indo-Aryan phonology has changed over time. Beames' findings remain
central to the work of general linguists, phonologists and language
typologists.
The Indo-Aryan language family is a branch of the Indo-European
phylum, and includes Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Kashmiri and
Gujarati. First published in 1875, this three-volume comparative
grammar of the family was written by the British civil servant John
Beames (1837 1902). From 1866 he spent twelve years in India,
during which he gathered data for what he intended to be the first
comprehensive and accurate Indo-Aryan grammar. Volume 2 focuses on
nouns and pronouns. It begins by looking at the stems and suffixes
that form Indo-Aryan nouns, and compares their systems of
inflection for gender, number, possession and case. It moves on to
explore their pronoun systems, showing how they operate in terms of
interrogatives, reciprocals, indefinites and demonstratives, and
how person is expressed. Beames' findings remain central to the
work of general linguists, grammarians and language typologists.
The Indo-Aryan language family is a branch of the Indo-European
phylum, and includes Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Kashmiri and
Gujarati. First published in 1875, this three-volume comparative
grammar of the family was written by the British civil servant John
Beames (1837 1902). From 1866 he spent twelve years in India,
during which he gathered data for what he intended to be the first
comprehensive and accurate Indo-Aryan grammar. Volume 3 focuses on
verbs. It begins by describing the structure of Sanskrit verbs,
showing them to be the origin of the analytical verb constructions
found in Indo-Aryan languages. It then compares Indo-Aryan verbs in
terms of tense and transitivity, and explores passive
constructions, conditionals, and imperatives across the seven most
widely spoken languages in the family. Beames' findings remain
central to the work of general linguists, grammarians and language
typologists.
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A Translation of Glanville
Joseph Henry Beale, Ranulf de Glanville, John Beames
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R692
Discovery Miles 6 920
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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