MalayalamThis is the first detailed description of Malayalam, a major Dravidian language spoken principally in the southern part of India. Malayalamprovides in-depth analysis of the linguistic richness of this language, spoken by over 35 million people on India's Malabar coast. A full account of the syntax, morphology and phonology of the language is provided, along with information on a number of structured semantic fields. |
Contents
SYNTAX 112277 | 1 |
MORPHOLOGY | 191 |
PHONOLOGY | 405 |
IDEOPHONES AND INTERJECTIONS | 447 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 471 |
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Common terms and phrases
aakuka aanǝ be-PRES aarǝ aaya aayi adjectival adjectives adverb clauses adverbial participle alternative anaphora aspect atǝ aval avan avar avite child clitic come-FUT come-PAST compounds consonant coordinated copula dative deleted derived Dravidian Dravidian languages element enikkǝ ennǝ ennə enre entǝ examples expressed finite verb genitive go-PAST he-DAT he-GEN head noun I-DAT I-GEN illa imperative indicate infinitive innale interrogative ivite jooli Kerala kontǝ kutti kuute language locative main clause Malayalam marked marker medial modal Mohanan nalla nasal negative ninnə niŋŋal nominalised form nominative nonfinite noun clauses noun phrase ɲaan occur panam parannu particle past tense perfect aspect phonological plural pooyi position possible postpositional phrases preceding pustakam question Raman reflexive pronoun relative clause relative participle relativisation Sanskrit say-PAST sequence structure suffix syllable tanne tense forms third person ulla untǝ valare vannu varum veenam verb form verbal viitinre voiceless vowel word word-initial yesterday
References to this book
Case, Valency and Transitivity L. I. Kulikov,Andreĭ Lʹvovich Malʹchukov,Peter de Swart No preview available - 2006 |