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Grammar of the Sinhalese Language/Wilhelm Geiger. Reprint. New Delhi, AES,
1995, xxiv, 200 p., ISBN 81-206-1134-9.
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Grammar of the Sinhalese Language/Wilhelm Geiger. Reprint. New Delhi, AES,
1995, xxiv, 200 p., ISBN 81-206-1134-9.
Contents: Preface. Introduction. A. Sinhalese script, pronunciation, accentuation. B. Phonology: I. Vowels: 1. Shortening of long vowels. 2. Umlaut. 3. Vowel-assimilation. 4. Vowel-levelling. 5. Influence of the accent. 6. Addenda. Appendix. II. Consonants: 1. Mutae of the velar and dental class. 2. Mutae of the palatal class. 3. Mutae of the cerebral class and I. 4. Mutae of the labial class. 5. Nasals and conjunct consonants containing a nasal. 6. The liquids r and l (l). 7. The semi-vowels y and v. 8. The sibilant s and the aspirate h. 9. Addenda. Appendix. C. Morphology: I. Substantives: 1. Preliminary remarks. 2. Masculine declension. 3. Feminine declension. 4. Neutral declension. 5. Postfixes and postpositions. 6. Paradigms. 7. The indefinite article. II. Adjectives. III. Numerals. IV. Pronouns. V. Verb: 1. Participles. 2. Present and preterite stems. 3. Personal suffixes. 4. Present tense. 5. Preterite tense. 6. Future tense. 7. Imperative mood. 8. Optative and conditional mood. 9. Causative and passive voice. 10. Gerund and infinitive. 11. The colloquial verb. VI. Particles. Appendix: secret or conventional languages in Ceylon. A specimen of the Sinhalese language. Index.