Sinhala
Sinhala is one of the official languages of Sri Lanka and the mother tongue of over 70 per cent of the population. Outside Sri Lanka it is used among immigrant populations in the UK, North America, Australia and some European and Middle Eastern countries. This title deals with this topic.
XIV, 296 p. ; 25 cm.
9789027238221, 9027238227
1140495039
1. Foreword; 2. Preface; 3. Romanization and text presentation; 4. Abbreviations; 5. Chapter 1. Introduction; 6. Chapter 2. Writing system; 7. Chapter 3. Sounds; 8. Chapter 4. Words; 9. Chapter 5. Morphology; 10. Chapter 6. Morphology-syntax interface; 11. Chapter 7. Argument structures; 12. Chapter 8. Noun phrase and verb phrase constructions; 13. Chapter 9. Grammatical constructions; 14. Chapter 10. Expanded sentences; 15. Chapter 11. Sentence and information structure; 16. Chapter 12. Discourse and grammar; 17. Chapter 13. Pragmatics and grammar; 18. Chapter 14. Sample texts; 19. Appendixes; 20. References; 21. Index
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