ISBN: 9788178354514    Publisher: Kalpaz Publications Year of publishing: 2005     Format:  Hardback No of Pages: 904        Language: English

Description About The Author:- Sir George Abraham Grierson, (Jan. 7, 1851-March 9, 1941) Irish linguist, language scholar and civil servant who conducted the Linguistic survey of India (1898-1928), obtaining information on 364 languages and dialects. While a student of mathematics at Trinity College, Dublin, Grierson took prizes in Sanskrit and Hindi. Grierson went to Bengal in October 1873, where-in addition to carrying out his duties in a succession of government posts until 1898-he devoted much time to language research. The first of his enormous output of papers, reviews, and books appeared in 1877.Contents:- Volume 1: DIVISION I • Historical • Introductory • Meaning of the word dialect •Nomenclature • The Eastern Neo Indo-Aryan or Gaudian languages • Western, Northern, and Southern Neo-Indo-Aryan or Gaudian languages • Their origin • The two great Prakrit languages • Their History • Their final location • Their modern representatives • Comparison of Bihari and Hindi languages • Preliminary definitions • Pronunciation • Derivation • Inflection • Construction • Vocabulary • Final results of the above • Geographical distribution-language boundaries • political boundaries • Dialects of Bihari • Bhojpuri • Maithili • Magadhi • Bihari Literature • General plan of these grammars • DIVISION II • Grammatical • Chapter I. - Alphabet • Character • Anunasik • The neutral vowel • Final sonant a • Short diphthongs • The complete series of Bihari vowels • The Consonants • Chapter II. - Spelling, &c • Concurrent vowels • Contraction • Shortening of antepenultimate vowel • Silent y and w • CHAPTER III. - Nouns • Nominal forms • Number • Case • Gender • CHAPTER IV. - Adjective • Gender • Maithili exceptions • Numeral adjectives • CHAPTER V. - Pronouns • No general rules • CHAPTER VI. - Verbs • General rules • Verbs how quoted • Multiplicity of forms • CHAPTER VII. - Indeclinables • Indeclinables • Adverbs • Prepositions • Conjunctions • Interjections • Final • Appendix • Conversation between two villagers • Translation of a conversation between two villagers • Translation of fables •Volume 2: Introduction • DIVISION I • DECLENSION • CHAPTER I.- NOUNS • Post-positions • Masculine tadbhavas in • Masculine nouns ending in silent consonants • General rules for other nouns • Masculine tatsamas in • Masculine nouns in • Masculine nouns in • Feminine nouns in • Feminine nouns ending in a silent consonant • Periphrastic Plural • Genitive Affixes • CHAPTER II. - ADJECTIVES • Gender • Numeral adjectives, cardinals • Ordinals • Fractional numbers • Multiplicatives • Definite cardinals • Indefinite cardinals • Collective numerals • CHAPTER III. - PRONOUNS • General remarks • Pronouns of the first and second person non-honorific • Pronoun of the second person honorific and reflexive pronoun • Demonstrative pronouns • Correlative pronouns • Interrogative pronoun • Indefinite pronoun • Indefinite pronoun • Indefinite Pronoun • Compound indefinite pronoun • Derivative pronominal forms • Adjectival pronouns • Pronominal oblique genitive • DIVISION II • CONJUGATION • CHAPTER IV. - INTRODUCTORY • Warning as to number and gender • Special honorific form common to second and third persons • Warning as to spelling • Conjugational system • Moods • Simple tenses • Periphrastic tenses • Personal terminations of simple tenses • Formation of tense stems • Present indicative • Preterite indicative • Future Indication • Future conjunctive and imperative • Preterite conjunctive • CHAPTER V. - AUXILIARY VERBS • Classes • Defective auxiliary verbs • Weak ands strong complete auxiliary • verbs • Conjugation of first defective auxiliary verb • Conjugation of Second defective auxiliary • Conjugation of third defective auxiliary verb • Conjugation of fourth defective auxiliary verb • Conjugation of fifth defective auxiliary verb • Conjugation of weak complete auxiliary verb • Preterite • Future • Present conjunctive • Preterite • Present imperative and precative forms • Participle • Strong complete auxiliary verb • CHAPTER VI. - THE REGULAR ACTIVE VERBS • Preliminary • Conjugation of dekh: principal parts • Simple tenses: present indicative • Preterite • Future • Present Conjunctive • Preterite • Present Imperative ands precative forms • Periphrastic tenses-indicative mood • Defitive present • Variety of Above • Imperfect • Durative future • Perfect • Pluperfect • Future exact • Future conditional • Future exact conditional • Preterite conditional • Participles • Infinitives or verbal nouns • Noun of agency • CHAPTER VII. - THE REGULAR NEUTER VERBS • Points of difference • gir: principal parts • Preterite indicative • Perfect • Pluperfect • CHAPTER VIII. - VOCALIC ROOTS • Causes of apparent irregularity • Verbs whose roots end in • Examples of use junction vowel • Example of a verb whose root ends in • Ditto • Ditto • Ditto • CHAPTER IX. - IRREGULAR VERBS • Preliminary • kar dhar • mar • ja • de • CHAPTER X. - THE PASSIVE VERB • Ordinary rule • Verbal noun in al • Passive with par • Potential passive voice • Periphrastic passive voice • CHAPTER XI. - CAUSAL VERBS • Ordinary rule • Shortening of a long radical vowel • Lengthening of short radical vowel • Substitution of a cognate diphthoug • Dissullabic causals • Irregular causals • CHAPTER XII. - COMPOUND VERBS • Kinds of compound verbs • Classes of compound verbs • Compound formed with the verbal noun varieties of verbal noun • Distribution of compound formed with the verbal noun • Intensive • intensive auxiliaries • Potential compounds • Completive compounds • Frequentative compounds • Desiderative compounds • Inceptive compounds • Permissive compound •Acquisitive compounds • Compounds formed from the participles continuative compounds • Statical compounds • DIVISION III • INDECLINABLES • APPENDIX I • SELECTIONS IN THE CENTRAL MUZAF FARPUR DIALECT • APPENDIX II • NOTE ON THE USE OF THE VARIOUS VERBAL TERMINATIONS • Volume 3: INTRODUCTION • DIVISIOIN I • DECLENSION • CHAPTER I. - NOUNS • Post-positions • Masculine tadbhavas in • Masculine nouns ending in silent consonants • General rules for other nouns • Masculine tatsamas in • Masculine noun in • Masculine noun in • Feminine noun in • Feminine nouns ending in a silent consonant • Periphrastic plural • genitival affixes • CHAPTER II. - ADJECTIVE •Gender • Numeral adjective cardinals • Ordinals • Fractional Numerals • Multiplicatives • Definite cardinals • Indefinite cardinals • Collective numerals • CHAPTER III. - PRONOUN • General remarks • Non-honorific pronoun of the first and second persons • Pronoun of the second person honorific and reflexive pronoun • Demonstrative pronouns • Correlative pronouns • Interrogative pronoun • Indefinite pronoun • Indefinite pronoun • Indefinite pronoun • Compound indefinite pronouns • Derivative pronominal forms • adjective pronouns • Pronominal oblique genitive • DIVISION II • CONJUCTION • CHAPTER IV. - INTRODUCTORY • Warning as to numeral and gender • Warning as to spelling • Conjugational system • Moods • Simple tenses • Personal terminations of simple tenses • Formation of tense-stems • Preterite indicative • Future indicative • Present conjunctive and imperative • Preterite conjunctive • The use of the various verbal terminative • CHAPTER V. - AUXILIARY VERBS • Classes of auxiliary verbs • Defective auxiliary verbs • Complete auxiliary verbs • Conjugation of first defective auxiliary verb • Conjugation of second defective auxiliary verb • Preterite • Conjugation of complete auxiliary verb, preterite indicative • Future • Present Conjunctive • Preterite • Present imperative and precative forms • Participles • CHAPTER VI. - THE REGULAR ACTIVE VERB • Preliminary • Conjungation of principal parts • Simple tenses: preterite indicative • Future • Present conjunctive • preterite • Present imperative and precative forms • Periphrastic tenses-indicative mood • Definite present • Variety of above • Imperfect • Durative future • Perfect • Pluperfect • Future conditional • Durative present conditional • Future exact conditional • Preterite conditional • Participles • Infinitives or verbal nouns • Noun of agency • CHAPTER VII. - THE REGULAR NEUTER VERB • Points of defference • gir: principal parts • Preterite indicative • Perfect • Pluperfect • CHAPTER VIII. - VOCALIC ROOTS • Causes of apparent irregularity • Verbs whose roots end in Junction vowel • Examples of use of junction vowel • Example of a verb whose root ends in • Ditto • Ditto • Ditto • CHAPTER IX. - IRREGULARE VERBS • Preliminary • kar dhar • mar • ja • de • CHAPTER X. - THE PASSIVE VERB • Ordinary rule • Verbal noun in • Passive with par • Potential passive voice • Periphrastic passive voice • CHAPTER XI. - CAUSAL VERBS • Ordinary rule • Shorting of a long radical vowel • Lengthening of short radical vowel • Substitution of a cognate diphthoug • Dissyllabic causals • CHAPTER XII. - COMPOUND VERBS • Kinds of compound verbs • Classes of compound verb •Compounds formed with the verbal noun varieties of verbal noun • Distribution of Compounds formed with the verbal noun • Intensive Compounds • Intensive auxiliaries • Potential compounds • Completive compound • Frequentative compound • Desiderative compound • Inceptive compound • Permissive compound • Acquisitive compound • Compounds formed from the participles continuative compound • Statical compound • DIVISION III • INDECLINABLES • APPENDIX • SELECTIONS IN THE SOUTH MAITHIL-MAGADHI DIALECT • Conversation between two villagers.About The Book:- Bihari Grammar Is A Very Valueable And Rare Grammar Which Was Compiled By A Great Eminent Linguist And Philologist Under The Orders Of The Government Of Bengal. The Grammar Is In Constant And Urgent Demand. No Such Document Is Available Presently On The Subject. Bihari Language Is Being Spoken In The Province Of Bihar, In The Eastern Portion Of The North Western Provinces And The Northern Portion Of The Central Provinces. It Is A Compendium Grammar Of The Dialect Of Each District Compiled By The Author For Official Use In The State For Government Officers. No Grammar Of Any Of The Dialect Of Bihar Has Even Been Published Except The Bhojpuri Grammar Of Mr. Beames. No Other Grammar Meets The Demand Of Magadhi And Bhojpuri Speaking Parts Of Bihar. This Grammar Will No Doubt Meet Demand Of All. The Grammar Is A Rare Compilation And Will Be Of Greau Set For All Including Students And Teachers Of Bihari Language., About The Author:- Sir George Abraham Grierson, (Jan. 7, 1851-March 9, 1941) Irish Linguist, Language Scholar And Civil Servant Who Conducted The Linguistic Survey Of India (1898-1928), Obtaining Information On 364 Languages And Dialects. While A Student Of Mathematics At Trinity College, Dublin, Grierson Took Prizes In Sanskrit And Hindi. Grierson Went To Bengal In October 1873, Where-In Addition To Carrying Out His Duties In A Succession Of Government Posts Until 1898-He Devoted Much Time To Language Research. The First Of His Enormous Output Of Papers, Reviews, And Books Appeared In 1877., Content:- Volume 1: Division I • Historical • Introductory • Meaning Of The Word Dialect •Nomenclature • The Eastern Neo Indo-Aryan Or Gaudian Languages • Western, Northern, And Southern Neo-Indo-Aryan Or Gaudian Languages • Their Origin • The Two Great Prakrit Languages • Their History • Their Final Location • Their Modern Representatives • Comparison Of Bihari And Hindi Languages • Preliminary Definitions • Pronunciation • Derivation • Inflection • Construction • Vocabulary • Final Results Of The Above • Geographical Distribution-Language Boundaries • Political Boundaries • Dialects Of Bihari • Bhojpuri • Maithili • Magadhi • Bihari Literature • General Plan Of These Grammars • Division Ii • Grammatical • Chapter I. - Alphabet • Character • Anunasik • The Neutral Vowel • Final Sonant A • Short Diphthongs • The Complete Series Of Bihari Vowels • The Consonants • Chapter Ii. - Spelling, &C • Concurrent Vowels • Contraction • Shortening Of Antepenultimate Vowel • Silent Y And W • Chapter Iii. - Nouns • Nominal Forms • Number • Case • Gender • Chapter Iv. - Adjective • Gender • Maithili Exceptions • Numeral Adjectives • Chapter V. - Pronouns • No General Rules • Chapter Vi. - Verbs • General Rules • Verbs How Quoted • Multiplicity Of Forms • Chapter Vii. - Indeclinables • Indeclinables • Adverbs • Prepositions • Conjunctions • Interjections • Final • Appendix • Conversation Between Two Villagers • Translation Of A Conversation Between Two Villagers • Translation Of Fables •Volume 2: Introduction • Division I • Declension • Chapter I.- Nouns • Post-Positions • Masculine Tadbhavas In • Masculine Nouns Ending In Silent Consonants • General Rules For Other Nouns • Masculine Tatsamas In • Masculine Nouns In • Masculine Nouns In • Feminine Nouns In • Feminine Nouns Ending In A Silent Consonant • Periphrastic Plural • Genitive Affixes • Chapter Ii. - Adjectives • Gender • Numeral Adjectives, Cardinals • Ordinals • Fractional Numbers • Multiplicatives • Definite Cardinals • Indefinite Cardinals • Collective Numerals • Chapter Iii. - Pronouns • General Remarks • Pronouns Of The First And Second Person Non-Honorific • Pronoun Of The Second Person Honorific And Reflexive Pronoun • Demonstrative Pronouns • Correlative Pronouns • Interrogative Pronoun • Indefinite Pronoun • Indefinite Pronoun • Indefinite Pronoun • Compound Indefinite Pronoun • Derivative Pronominal Forms • Adjectival Pronouns • Pronominal Oblique Genitive • Division Ii • Conjugation • Chapter Iv. - Introductory • Warning As To Number And Gender • Special Honorific Form Common To Second And Third Persons • Warning As To Spelling • Conjugational System • Moods • Simple Tenses • Periphrastic Tenses • Personal Terminations Of Simple Tenses • Formation Of Tense Stems • Present Indicative • Preterite Indicative • Future Indication • Future Conjunctive And Imperative • Preterite Conjunctive • Chapter V. - Auxiliary Verbs • Classes • Defective Auxiliary Verbs • Weak Ands Strong Complete Auxiliary • Verbs • Conjugation Of First Defective Auxiliary Verb • Conjugation Of Second Defective Auxiliary • Conjugation Of Third Defective Auxiliary Verb • Conjugation Of Fourth Defective Auxiliary Verb • Conjugation Of Fifth Defective Auxiliary Verb • Conjugation Of Weak Complete Auxiliary Verb • Preterite • Future • Present Conjunctive • Preterite • Present Imperative And Precative Forms • Participle • Strong Complete Auxiliary Verb • Chapter Vi. - The Regular Active Verbs • Preliminary • Conjugation Of Dekh: Principal Parts • Simple Tenses: Present Indicative • Preterite • Future • Present Conjunctive • Preterite • Present Imperative Ands Precative Forms • Periphrastic Tenses-Indicative Mood • Defitive Present • Variety Of Above • Imperfect • Durative Future • Perfect • Pluperfect • Future Exact • Future Conditional • Future Exact Conditional • Preterite Conditional • Participles • Infinitives Or Verbal Nouns • Noun Of Agency • Chapter Vii. - The Regular Neuter Verbs • Points Of Difference • Gir: Principal Parts • Preterite Indicative • Perfect • Pluperfect • Chapter Viii. - Vocalic Roots • Causes Of Apparent Irregularity • Verbs Whose Roots End In • Examples Of Use Junction Vowel • Example Of A Verb Whose Root Ends In • Ditto • Ditto • Ditto • Chapter Ix. - Irregular Verbs • Preliminary • Kar Dhar • Mar • Ja • De • Chapter X. - The Passive Verb • Ordinary Rule • Verbal Noun In Al • Passive With Par • Potential Passive Voice • Periphrastic Passive Voice • Chapter Xi. - Causal Verbs • Ordinary Rule • Shortening Of A Long Radical Vowel • Lengthening Of Short Radical Vowel • Substitution Of A Cognate Diphthoug • Dissullabic Causals • Irregular Causals • Chapter Xii. - Compound Verbs • Kinds Of Compound Verbs • Classes Of Compound Verbs • Compound Formed With The Verbal Noun Varieties Of Verbal Noun • Distribution Of Compound Formed With The Verbal Noun • Intensive • Intensive Auxiliaries • Potential Compounds • Completive Compounds • Frequentative Compounds • Desiderative Compounds • Inceptive Compounds • Permissive Compound •Acquisitive Compounds • Compounds Formed From The Participles Continuative Compounds • Statical Compounds • Division Iii • Indeclinables • Appendix I • Selections In The Central Muzaf Farpur Dialect • Appendix Ii • Note On The Use Of The Various Verbal Terminations • Volume 3: Introduction • Divisioin I • Declension • Chapter I. - Nouns • Post-Positions • Masculine Tadbhavas In • Masculine Nouns Ending In Silent Consonants • General Rules For Other Nouns • Masculine Tatsamas In • Masculine Noun In • Masculine Noun In • Feminine Noun In • Feminine Nouns Ending In A Silent Consonant • Periphrastic Plural • Genitival Affixes • Chapter Ii. - Adjective •Gender • Numeral Adjective Cardinals • Ordinals • Fractional Numerals • Multiplicatives • Definite Cardinals • Indefinite Cardinals • Collective Numerals • Chapter Iii. - Pronoun • General Remarks • Non-Honorific Pronoun Of The First And Second Persons • Pronoun Of The Second Person Honorific And Reflexive Pronoun • Demonstrative Pronouns • Correlative Pronouns • Interrogative Pronoun • Indefinite Pronoun • Indefinite Pronoun • Indefinite Pronoun • Compound Indefinite Pronouns • Derivative Pronominal Forms • Adjective Pronouns • Pronominal Oblique Genitive • Division Ii • Conjuction • Chapter Iv. - Introductory • Warning As To Numeral And Gender • Warning As To Spelling • Conjugational System • Moods • Simple Tenses • Personal Terminations Of Simple Tenses • Formation Of Tense-Stems • Preterite Indicative • Future Indicative • Present Conjunctive And Imperative • Preterite Conjunctive • The Use Of The Various Verbal Terminative • Chapter V. - Auxiliary Verbs • Classes Of Auxiliary Verbs • Defective Auxiliary Verbs • Complete Auxiliary Verbs • Conjugation Of First Defective Auxiliary Verb • Conjugation Of Second Defective Auxiliary Verb • Preterite • Conjugation Of Complete Auxiliary Verb, Preterite Indicative • Future • Present Conjunctive • Preterite • Present Imperative And Precative Forms • Participles • Chapter Vi. - The Regular Active Verb • Preliminary • Conjungation Of Principal Parts • Simple Tenses: Preterite Indicative • Future • Present Conjunctive • Preterite • Present Imperative And Precative Forms • Periphrastic Tenses-Indicative Mood • Definite Present • Variety Of Above • Imperfect • Durative Future • Perfect • Pluperfect • Future Conditional • Durative Present Conditional • Future Exact Conditional • Preterite Conditional • Participles • Infinitives Or Verbal Nouns • Noun Of Agency • Chapter Vii. - The Regular Neuter Verb • Points Of Defference • Gir: Principal Parts • Preterite Indicative • Perfect • Pluperfect • Chapter Viii. - Vocalic Roots • Causes Of Apparent Irregularity • Verbs Whose Roots End In Junction Vowel • Examples Of Use Of Junction Vowel • Example Of A Verb Whose Root Ends In • Ditto • Ditto • Ditto • Chapter Ix. - Irregulare Verbs • Preliminary • Kar Dhar • Mar • Ja • De • Chapter X. - The Passive Verb • Ordinary Rule • Verbal Noun In • Passive With Par • Potential Passive Voice • Periphrastic Passive Voice • Chapter Xi. - Causal Verbs • Ordinary Rule • Shorting Of A Long Radical Vowel • Lengthening Of Short Radical Vowel • Substitution Of A Cognate Diphthoug • Dissyllabic Causals • Chapter Xii. - Compound Verbs • Kinds Of Compound Verbs • Classes Of Compound Verb •Compounds Formed With The Verbal Noun Varieties Of Verbal Noun • Distribution Of Compounds Formed With The Verbal Noun • Intensive Compounds • Intensive Auxiliaries • Potential Compounds • Completive Compound • Frequentative Compound • Desiderative Compound • Inceptive Compound • Permissive Compound • Acquisitive Compound • Compounds Formed From The Participles Continuative Compound • Statical Compound • Division Iii • Indeclinables • Appendix • Selections In The South Maithil-Magadhi Dialect • Conversation Between Two Villagers.
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