Pronominalization in Bengali

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Pronominalization in Bengali
Cover of the first edition
AuthorHumayun Azad
CountryBangladesh
LanguageEnglish
SubjectBengali grammar
GenreDoctoral
Published1976 (doctoral thesis)
1983 (first edition)
2010 (last edition)
PublisherUniversity of Dhaka (1983), Agamee Prakashani (2010)
Media typeHardcover
Pages314
OCLC10737884
491/.445
LC Class83904030

Pronominalization in Bengali is a 1983 published version of a thesis about Bengali grammar written in English by linguistic Humayun Azad. The writing was started in 1976,[1] during his doctoral in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2] The book was initially published by the University of Dhaka in 1983,[3] and in 2010 it was published by Agamee Prakashani, Dhaka.

This research was published under the author's birth name Humayun Kabir by the University of Edinburgh in 1976,[1] after he changed his name to Humayun Azad in 1988, it was re-published under the new name. Scottish linguist Keith Brown was the supervisor of this doctoral thesis.

Synopsis[edit]

This work is the first research into the syntax of pronouns in Standard Colloquial Bengali using a transformational generative model of syntax. Several models referred to as an adaptation from Noam Chomsky's Aspects of the Theory of Syntax (1965).[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Kabir, H. (1976). "Pronominalization in Bengali". Edinburgh: Edinburgh Research Archive. Retrieved 12 November 2019.
  2. ^ Thompson, Hanne-Ruth (2012). Bengali. London Oriental and African Language Library. Vol. 18. John Benjamins Publishing. p. 376. ISBN 9789027238191. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  3. ^ Pronominalization in Bengali. Dhaka: University of Dhaka. 1983. Retrieved 8 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Pronominalization in Bengali". ethos.bl.uk. British Library. Retrieved 12 November 2019.

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