Author : Rajendralala Mitra
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365217213
Total Pages : 516 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (172 download)
Book Synopsis Indo-Aryans, Vol. 2 of 2 by : Rajendralala Mitra
Download or read book Indo-Aryans, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Rajendralala Mitra and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2019-01-16 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Indo-Aryans, Vol. 2 of 2: Contributions Towards the Elucidation of Their Ancient and Mediaeval History ON the peculiarities OF the ga'tha' dialect. Tendency of languages to change. The first step in the transition of the Sanskrit into the modern vemaculars of India. Gatha. Origin of its name. Its relation to Sanskrit. English illustration. Where it is found. Its peculiarities. Changes produced by exigencies of metre; by provincialisms; by neglect of syntax and prosody. Prolongation, contraction, and elision of vowels. Elision of con sonants. Segregation of compound consonants. Neglect of gender, number, and case. Abbreviations and omissions of declensions. Corruptions of pronouns. New forms of conjugation. Examples quoted by Dr. Muir. Origin of the dialect. Burnout's opinion. Exception taken to that opinion. Author's Opinion. Max Muller. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.