Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of India by... - 9781108048156

Comparative Grammar of the Modern Aryan Languages of IndiaTo Wit, Hindi, Panjabi, Sindhi, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, and Bangali\nAuthor(s): John Beames\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108048156, 978-1108048156\nSynopsis\nThe Indo-Aryan language family is a branch of the Indo-European phylum, and includes Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Punjabi, Kashmiri and Gujarati. First published in 1875, this three-volume comparative grammar of the family was written by the British civil servant John Beames [tel]. From 1866 he spent twelve years in India, during which he gathered data for what he intended to be the first comprehensive and accurate Indo-Aryan grammar. Volume 3 focuses on verbs. It begins by describing the structure of Sanskrit verbs, showing them to be the origin of the analytical verb constructions found in Indo-Aryan languages. It then compares Indo-Aryan verbs in terms of tense and transitivity, .