Bengali - Thompson, Hanne-Ruth (John Benjamins Pub. Co., 2012)
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Bengali; 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
2.5.1 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
5.2.4 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
5.3.5 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 Prôti each; 5.5.7.2 Prôtyek each; 5.6 Adverbs; 5.6.1 Formation of adverbs; 5.6.1.1 With kôre; 5.6.1.2 With bhabe