From
the above it is seen that the compound formation is
a very productive morphological process in Hmar. It
substitutes inflection - both nominal and verbal - in
many realisations, compound formation is usually resorted
to. It is, however, important to know the word order
and the internal modification of the constituent words. |
On
the basis of forms (=structures) and functions the sentences
in Hmar, as in many other languages, could be classified
into various categories. The structural classification
concerns the internal make up of the sentences. If a
sentence consists of a single unit of NP+VP, it is a
simple sentence. If it consists of more than one unit
of NP+VP and one of the units depends on the other for
the realisation of the meaning then it is a complex
sentence, and if a sentence is made up of more than
one unit of NP + VP and each of the constituent units
of NP + VP is complete in itself and not dependent on
the other, but one co-occurs with another for some co-referential
purpose then it is a compound sentence. In other words,
a simple sentence is made up of a single clause, a complex
sentence is of a main clause and a subordinate clause,
complex sentence is of a main clause and a subordinate
clause and a compound clauses. The number of constituents
is not a deciding factor for labeling a sentence as
simple, complex or
compound. A simple sentence could be as small as a verb
alone or as large as a unit of 10 to 12 words. Some
simple sentences manifest embedding of adjectival clauses
by relativisation. Structuarry, compound sentences are
more nearer to simple sentences.
The
functional configuration concerns the semantic effect
of the sentences on the addressee. Thus functionally,
a sentence could be a statement of facts for information
of the hearer, or a question to which the addressee
has to respond to or a command including a request to
which the addressee has to respond to by performing
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