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fifth chapter on Verb Morphology is divided
into sixteen sections. In the first section, the Yerava
verb stems are classified on the basis of thc past tense
marker, they are also illustrated. The verbs are further
classified into intransitives, transitives, derived
transitives and non-transitivizable intransitives. In
the following sections, the transitives, causatives,
imperatives, hortatives, permissives and tense makers
- past, present and future - are illustrated.
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| Thc non-finite verb forms, adverbial
participle forms, adjectival participle forms - form thc
content of the ninth section. The complex verb stems formed
by modal auxiliaries and aspectual auxiliaries are also
identified and describcd in eleventh section. In thc next
four sections, conjunct verbs, modal verbs, appellative
verbs and stem alternants are explained. In thc last section
of this chapter an illustration for inflection of verbs
and suffixes is given. |
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This sixth
chapter Adjectives and Adverbs deals
with the modifiers of nouns and verbs. They are identified
and illustrated in three categories - simple, derived
and reduplicated. |
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| The seventh chapter Clitics
and Particles, has two sections. The first section
deals with clitics-enclitics, pro-clitics and post clitics.
The second section deals with the particles of three types
- the one that occurs with nouns, the one that occurs
with adjectives and one that occurs after the relative
participle form of the verb. |
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| The eighth chapter of the thesis
is devoted to Syntax of Yerava. There are four
sections in this chapter. The first section illustrates
the simple sentence-equational, copula, dative, modal,
existential, imperative, intransitive; inherent transitive,
derived transitive, causative, interrogative and negative
sentences. In complex sentences, the sentences of conditional,
relative, infinitive and conjunctive types are illustrated.
The compound sentences are also identified and described.
Minor sentences form a separate section. In the section
on phrases, noun, adjective, adverb and verb phrases are
identified and described. The last section describes the
concord relationship. |
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| The ninth chapter provides a
sketchy Comparison of the Yerava speech form
of the present thesis with the speech of Panjiri Yeravas,
and with Kannada, Kodagu and Malalayam, the languages
of the geographical contiguity and with whose speakers
Yeravas come into contact. |
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| The Appendix has three
sections, The first section presents a classified list
of verbs. The second section contains a text with analysis.
In the third section, the vocabulary collected during
the investigation is listed. |
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| The references are listed under
References |
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