Table of Contents

A Peripheries A-Z. Historical Background. Script and Sound. B Morphology 1 Nouns 2 Pronouns 3 Verbs 4 Adjectives 5 Adverbs 6 Postpositions 7 Conjunctions 8 Interrogatives 9 Emphasisers, Particles, Interjections C FUNCTIONS C 1 Noun Phrase Structure 2 Pronouns in Use 3 Verbs of Being 6 Compound Verbs 7 Conjunct Verbs 8 Verbal Noun C 9 Imperfective Participle C 10 Conditional Participle C 11 Perfective Participle C 12 Verb Valency D Syntax 1 Sentences and their Components 2 Sentence Classification E Semantic Features 1 Case Use 2 Tense Use 3 Aspect 4 Negation 5 Modals 6 Pairings and Doublings 7 Onomatopoeia 8 Individual Verbs 9 Idioms 10 Numerals F Lists 10 Index Bangla 11 Index English

About the Author

Hanne-Ruth Thompson teaches Bengali at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London. Previous publications include Essential Everyday Bengali: a grammar and glossary of colloquial Bengali with examples throughout (1999).

Reviews

'... a useful and reliable reference work that will be of great interest to the advanced students of Bengali, whether foreign or native, including the comparative linguist in search of a thorough description of this language.' -South Asia Research