Malayalam This 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 | 1 |
MORPHOLOGY | 191 |
PHONOLOGY | 405 |
IDEOPHONES AND INTERJECTIONS | 447 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 471 |
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Common terms and phrases
aakuka aanə aanə be-PRES aarə aaya aayi adjectival adjectives adverb clauses adverbial participle alternative anaphora aspect atə aval avan avannə avanre avar avite be-PRES child clitic come-FUT come-PAST compounds consonant coordinated dative deleted derived Dravidian languages element enikkə enkil ennə enre entə 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 kontə kutti kuute locative main clause Malayalam marked marker medial modal Mohanan naale naan nalla nasal negative ninnə nominalised form nominative nonfinite noun clauses noun phrase 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 untə valare vannu varum veenam verb form verbal voiceless vowel word word-initial yesterday
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 | Case, Valency and Transitivity L. I. Kulikov,Andreĭ Lʹvovich Malʹchukov,Peter de Swart No preview available - 2006 |