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DESCRIPTIVE GRAMMAR OF BANGLA - ANNE E DAVID GE...

Bangla is spoken as the majority language in Bangladesh and the state of West Bengal in India 
and as a minority language in several other Indian states. With almost 200 million native
speakers  it ranks among the top ten languages in the world in number of speakers. Based on
both primary and secondary materials  the CASL Bangla grammar provides comprehensive coverage
of the phonology  orthography  morphology  and syntax of Bangla. Plentiful examples of
naturally-occurring sentences provide native orthography  Romanization  and
morpheme-by-morpheme glossing along with free translations. Unlike many Romanizations of Bangla
our system eschews Sanskritic influence and instead reflects actual Bangla phonology. We also
offer comparative information of use to linguists  highlighting features of Bangla shared with
the South Asian sprachbund  such as light verb constructions  as well as those that
differentiate Bangla from its Indo-Aryan relatives  for example  its unique NP
structure.Written in an accessible style from a theory-neutral perspective  this work will be
of use to linguistic researchers  language scholars  and students of Bangla. A formal grammar
focusing on the morphology is an available companion work.

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