Marathi

Marathi
Editorial page
Title page
LCC data
Table of contents
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations and symbols
1. Introduction
	1.0 Area and speakers
	1.1 Linguistic characteristics
	1.2 Language and literature
	1.3 Marathi grammarians
	1.4 Script
	Notes
2. Sound system
	2.1 Vowels and diphthongs
		2.1.1 Length
		2.1.2 Borrowed vowels
		2.1.3 Distribution of vowels
		2.1.4 Nasalization of vowels
	2.2 Consonants
		2.2.1 Description of consonants and their distribution
	2.3 Phonotactics
		2.3.1 Word-initial consonant-clusters
		2.3.2 Word-medial geminates
		2.3.3 Word-medial non-geminates
	2.4 Syllable structure
	2.5 Accent
		2.5.1 Accent rules
	2.6 Phonological processes
		2.6.1 Assimilation
		2.6.2 Palatalization
		2.6.3 Aspiration
		2.6.4 Deaspiration
		2.6.5 Metathesis
		2.6.6 Devoicing
		2.6.7 Voicing
		2.6.8 Diphthongization
		2.6.9 Vowel harmony
		2.6.10 Vowel raising
		2.6.11 Deletion and insertion
		2.6.12 Vowel to semi-vowel
	2.7 Intonation
		2.7.1 Rising
		2.7.2 Falling
		2.7.3 Level
		2.7.4 Reversal in use
		2.7.5 Drawled
		2.7.6 Rise-fall
		2.7.7 Fall-rise
		2.7.8 Juncture
	Notes
3. Morphology
	3.0 Parts of speech
	3.1 Noun
		3.1.1 Gender
		3.1.2 Number
		3.1.3 Case
	3.2 Pronoun
		3.2.1 Personal pronouns
		3.2.2 Reflexive pronouns
		3.2.3 Reciprocal pronouns
		3.2.4 Demonstrative pronouns
		3.2.5 Relative and correlative pronouns
		3.2.6 Interrogative pronouns
		3.2.7 Indefinite pronouns / quantifiers
	3.3 Adjective
		3.3.1 Inflecting and non-inflecting
		3.3.2 Adjective types
	3.4 Verb
		3.4.1 Auxiliaries and simple verbs
		3.4.2 Compound verbs
		3.4.3 Phrasal verbs
		3.4.4 Tense and aspect
	3.5 Adverb
		3.5.1 Basic adverbs
		3.5.2 Derived adverbs
		3.5.3 Minor types
		3.5.4 Semantic classification
		3.5.5 Order of adverbs
	3.6 Postposition
		3.6.1 Place of postpositions
		3.6.2 Postposition types
		3.6.3 Compound postpositions
	3.7 Conjunction
		3.7.1 Coordinating conjunctions
		3.7.2 Subordinating conjunctions
		3.7.3 Adsententials
	3.8 Particles
		3.8.1 Assertive particles
		3.8.2 Intensifiers
	3.9 Interjections
	Notes
4. Word formation
	4.0 Formation of words
	4.1 Noun formation
		4.1.1 Prefixation
		4.1.2 Suffixation
	4.2 Adjective formation
		4.2.1 Prefixation
		4.2.2 Suffixation
	4.3 Verb formation
		4.3.1 Verb formation processes
		4.3.2 Suffixation
		4.3.3 Causative verbs
		4.3.4 Abilitative verbs
	4.4 Compounds
		4.4.1 Conjoining
		4.4.2 Compound nouns
		4.4.3 Compound adjectives
	4.5 Reduplication
		4.5.1 Phonological reduplication
		4.5.2 Semantic reduplication
	4.6 Intensifiers
		4.6.1 Function
	4.7 Diminutives
		4.7.1 Diminutive suffixes
	4.8 Unique morphemes
		4.8.1 Gooseberry type morphemes
	Notes
5. Subject and agreement
	5.0 Agreement dilemma
	5.1 Agreement resolution
		5.1.1 Non-perfective aspect
		5.1.2 Perfective aspect
		5.1.3 Obligative-desiderative/subjunctive
		5.1.4 Pronominals
	5.2 Subjects
		5.2.1 Nominative and ergative subjects
		5.2.2 Dative subjects
		5.2.3 Passive subjects
		5.2.4 Subject hierarchy
	5.3 Direct objects
	5.4 Indirect objects
	Notes
6. Simple sentences
	6.0 Sentential structure
	6.1 Word order
	6.2 Copular sentences
	6.3 Declarative sentences
		6.3.1 Intransitives
		6.3.2 Transitives
		6.3.3 Causatives
		6.3.4 Impersonal sentences
	6.4 Null subject sentences
	6.5 Dative sentences
	6.6 Passive sentences
	6.7 Modal sentences
		6.7.1 Modals by suffixation
		6.7.2 Compound modals
	Notes
7. Complex sentences
	7.0 Introduction
	7.1 Complement structures
		7.1.1 Finite complement clauses
		7.1.2 Small clause complements
		7.1.3 Non-finite complement clauses
	7.2 Correlative structures
		7.2.1 Adjectival correlatives
		7.2.2 Appositive correlatives
		7.2.3 Non-finite adjectival relative clauses
		7.2.4 Adverbial correlative clauses
		7.2.5 Conjunctive adverbial clauses
	Notes
8. Compound sentences
	8.0 Coordination
	8.1 Conjunctive coordinators
	8.2 Sentence coordination
	8.3 Constituent coordination
		8.3.1 Noun coordination
		8.3.2 Pronoun coordination
		8.3.3 Special verbs
	8.4 Deletion of identical elements
	8.5 Coordination and accompaniment
	8.6 Disjunctive structures
		8.6.1 Sentence constituents
	8.7 Adversative structures
9. Interrogative sentences
	9.0 Introduction
	9.1 Marathi interrogatives
	9.2 Closed interrogatives
		9.2.1 Neutral questions
		9.2.2 Alternative questions
		9.2.3 Leading Yes/no questions
		9.2.4 Rhetorical questions
	9.3 Open interrogatives
		9.3.1 Questions in simple sentences
	9.4 The scope of question words
		9.4.1 Reduplicated question words
		9.4.2 Multiple question words
		9.4.3 Question words in a non-finite clause
	Notes
10. Negation
	10.0 Introduction
	10.1 Previous accounts
		10.1.1 Preliminaries
		10.1.2 Scope vs. focus
	10.2 Sentential negation
		10.2.1 Imperatives
		10.2.2 Desiderative/subjunctive
		10.2.3 Obligation
		10.2.4 Necessity
		10.2.5 Possibility
	10.3 Quantifiers and negation
		10.3.1 Existential quantifiers
		10.3.2 Universal quantifier
		10.3.3 Aggregates
		10.3.4 Approximate quantifiers
		10.3.5 Negation dependent idioms
	10.4 Complex sentences
	10.5 Coordinates
	10.6 Constituent negation
	10.7 Nahi vs. na
	Notes
11. Lexical anaphors and pronouns
	11.0 A cross language perspective
	11.1. Reflexives
		11.1.1 Sw∂tah
		11.1.2 Ap∂n
		11.1.3 Emphatic reflexives
		11.1.4 Voluntary reflexives
		11.1.5 Reflexives in pragmatic contexts
	11.2 Reciprocals
		11.2.1 Mutual reciprocity
		11.2.2 Reflexive reciprocity
	11.3 Personal pronouns
		11.3.1 Special pronoun ap∂n
		11.3.2 Personal pronouns
		11.3.3 Pronouns as logophors
		11.3.4 Pronouns in discourse
	Notes
12. Sample texts
	12.1 Written samples
		12.1.1 Shrawanbelgol Karnataka Inscription: A.D. 1116—1117
		12.1.2 News
		12.1.3 Advertisements
	12.2 Spoken
		12.2.1 Telephone conversation between two women
		12.2.2 Conversation between a doctor and a patient
		12.2.3 Television announcement
Appendix A. The language of women
	Notes
Appendix B. Acquisition of Marathi
	Phonology
	Morphology
	Syntax
	Semantics
	Other abilities
	Observations
References
Subject index
Name index
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