Mundari Grammar and Exercises [Hardcover]

A pioneering work in the area, by a great scholar, this is the most authentic, exhaustive, comprehensive and tested book of grammar of the Mundari Languages. Compiling grammar of any language is not an easy task. It becomes an uphill task, when the chosen language is in fact a dialect without much sources. In such difficult circumstances, a great work like the present one is really a miracle, it’s a book for all scholars in any discipline, related to Mundari language and literature. About The Author:- Reverend John Baptist Hoffmann (1857-1928), was a missionary, social worker and scholar who lived amongst the Mundas and Mundarica studied their language and culture. We know of his a titles to fame: Encyclopaedia. Contents:- CONTENTS:- • Introduction • Mundari vowels and consonants • Gender • Grammatical Numbers • Formation of Numbers • Demonstratives and interrogatives used as adjectives • Demonstrative – I. – Definite • II. - Indefinite • III. - Interrogative • Pronouns – I. – Simple personal • II. – Emphatic personal • III. – Definite demonstrative • IV. - Indefinite • V. – Definite interrogative • VI. – Indefinite interrogative • Postpositions • Numbers – I. - Cardinal • II. - Distributive • III. - Ordinal • IV. - Proportional • Adverbs- • I. – Of place • II. – Of quantity • III. – Of manner • IV. – Of time • Conjunctions • Interjections • Emphatic, dubitative and corrective suffixes • Equivalents of declenisons • Possessive adjecrtives and their suffixes • Possessive pronouns • Adjectives • Degrees of comparison • Equivalents of conjugational forms • Voice • Moods • Tenses • Passive voice • Reflexive Voice • Reciprocal voice • Origin and meaning of the tense suffixes • Imperative mood • Precative, concessive or operative mood • Formation of compound • Subordinate clauses • Examples showing the transfer of words from their original functions to that of transitive or itransitive predicates • APPENDIX • I. – The Asur legend with a literal translation • II. – Rice-cultivation and an ordinary days work in a Munda village • III. – Haram Burikinga Kahani • PART II • Introduction • Exercise. The Title 'Mundari Grammar and Exercises written/authored/edited by J. B. Hoffmann', published in the year 2001. The ISBN 9788121207638 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 388 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Anthropology / Tribal Studies / Literature / Linguistic. Size of the book is 14.34 x 22.59 cms Vol:-