TY - BOOK AU - Śarmā,Devīdatta TI - A comparative grammar of Tibeto-Himalayan languages of Himachal Pradesh & Uttarakhand SN - 8170995159 U1 - 495.4 PY - 1994/// CY - New Delhi, India PB - Mittal Publications KW - Tibeto-Himalayan languages KW - Grammar, Comparative KW - Himachal Pradesh (India) KW - Languages KW - Uttaranchal (India) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-282) and index; Introduction 1. Tribes and Tribal Languages 2. The Term 'Tibeto-Himalayan' 3. Linguistic Area 4. Land Area and Population 5. Linguistic Scenario 6. Dialectal Variations 7. Classification and Grouping 8. Distinguishing Features of Western & Eastern Himalayan Groups 9. Tibetan Group 10. Converging and Diverging Features ol Himalayan and Tibetan Groups Sound System Vowels Vowel Variations Phonetic Tendencies Checked Consonants General Observations on Consonantal System ConsonanrClusters Syllabification Accentual System Grammatical Structure Word Word Classes Noun Kinds of Nominal Stems Stem Formations Nominal Inflection Gender System Number System Case System Post-positions Pronouns Adjectives Numeral System Verbal System General Framework Verb Roots Classification of Verb Roots Verb Stems Transitivization of Verb Roots Conjugational System Sub-Systems Affirmative Sub-System Temporal Conjugation Verb Substantives Finite Verb Tense Formaiivcs Present Tense Past Tense Future Tense Aspects Progressive Aspect Perfective Aspect Voices Passive Voice Middle Voice Impersonal Voice Pronominalized Sub-System Honorific Sub-System Causative Sub-System Negative Sub-System Reflexive Sub-System Reciprocal Sub-System Interrogative Sub-System Moods and Modal Ctmjugations Imperative Subjimctive Optative Potential Contingent Miscellaneous Aspects of Modal Conjugation Non-Finite V»b FChttis Infinitives Verbal Noun Participles Present Participle Past/Perfect Participle Conjunctive Participle Future Participle Common Features of Participles Adv^b Formation of Adverbs Intensification Placement or Syntactic Order Particles Coordinatives Subordinatives Emphatic Negative Interrogative Interjections Syntax SenteiKe and its Components Components of a Noun Phrase Extension of Noun Phrase Components of a Simple Verb Phrase Extension of Verb Phase Types of Sentences Simple Sentences Concord Non-Simple Sentences ER -