{"product_id":"hindi-9781032163048","title":"Hindi","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHindi: An Essential Grammar \u003c\/em\u003eis a practical reference guide to the core structures and features of modern Hindi. Assuming no prior knowledge of Hindi grammar, this book avoids jargon and overly technical language as it takes the student through the complexities of Hindi grammar in short, readable sections.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuitable for either independent study or for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult education classes, key features include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull examples throughout in both Devanagari and Roman script with a gloss in English\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGlossary of technical terms and detailed subject index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCross referencing between sections\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthentic material provided in the appendix demonstrating grammar usage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHindi: An Essential Grammar \u003c\/i\u003ewill help students, in both formal and non-formal education and of all levels to read, speak and write the language with greater confidence and accuracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe revised edition rectifies the printing err\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The most appealing aspect of Agnihotri’s grammar is its clear conception of its own objectives and functions. For speakers of Hindi, it is an exposition of the systematicity and rule-governed nature of their language; for learners of Hindi, it is an instrument to further the learning of the language. In its jargon-free description of the patterns of Hindi grammar, the volume doubles up as an introduction to modern grammatical analysis for anyone trying their hand at grammar construction. In doing so, it produces an analytical learner\/speaker who is not merely a \u003ci\u003euser \u003c\/i\u003eof language, but also its student.\" (Kidwai 2007: 149)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Agnihotri’s examples quite naturally draw on as wide a range of lexical resources and contexts that an average Hindi speaker would be expected to have access to. The accompanying observations on the conditions of \u003ci\u003euse \u003c\/i\u003eof the examples, and in the Appendix on \u003ci\u003eGrammar in Context\u003c\/i\u003e, is also particularly worthy of commendation, as they not only relieve the work of the usual accusations of prescriptivism that grammars typically attract, they also reveal to the reader how grammatical analysis enriches our understanding of the social and the symbolic.\" (Kidwai 2007: 150)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProf Ayesha Kidwai, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor of Linguistics at the Centre for Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSymbols\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1: Hindi and its sentence types\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Hindi: a brief introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Hindi sentence structure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. Negatives \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Questions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Imperatives and politeness \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Exclamations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2: Words: nouns, verbs, adjectives and adverbs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Nouns \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. More about Nouns \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Verbs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. More about Verbs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Verbs, Adjectives and Adverbs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. Adjectives \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Adverbs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3: More about Words\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15.Reduplication \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Compounds \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Causatives \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4: Invariant Words\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. Personal Pronouns \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. Other Pronouns \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. Postpositions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. Emphatic Particles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22.Other Invariant words\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 5: More about Hindi sentences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. Habitual Aspect \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24. The Progressive Aspect \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. Passive \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26. The subjunctive and Future \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27. The Ergative Pattern \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28. Possession \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29. Experiencer Subject \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30. Verb caahiye \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31. Compound Verbs \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 6: Compound and complex sentences\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32. Coordination and Subordination \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33. Complex Sentences \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34. Relative Clauses \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35. Infinitives and Participles \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 7: Sounds and script\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e36. Hindi Sounds and writing system: vowels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37. Consonantal Sounds \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38. Nasals and Nasalisation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39. Syllabic Structure. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix: Grammar in Context. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGlossary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018874454359,"sku":"9781032163048","price":35.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032163048.jpg?v=1750778478","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hindi-9781032163048","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}