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coverage,elegant in its style,clear in its presentation,and simple,withoutbeing simplistic,in its content.'  \nRajendra Singh,Professor of Linguistics,Université de Montreal,Canada  \nHindi:An Essential Grammar is a practical reference guide to the corestructures and features of modern Hindi.Assuming no prior knowledgeof Hindi grammar,this book avoids jargon and overly technicallanguage as it takes the student through the complexities of Hindigrammar in short,readable sections.  \nSuitable for either independent study or for students in schools,colleges,universities and adult education classes,key features include:  \n·  full examples throughout in both Devanagari and Roman scriptwith a gloss in English  \n·  glossary of technical terms and detailed subject index  \n·  cross-referencing between sections  \n·  authentic material provided in the Appendix demonstratinggrammar usage.  \nHindi:An Essential Grammar will help students,in both formal andnon-formal education and of all levels to read,speak and write thelanguage with greater confidence and accuracy.  \nRama Kant Agnihotri is Professor of Linguistics at the University ofDelhi.He has lectured extensively in universities across the world andhis previous publications include Noam Chomsky:The Architecture ofLanguage(edited with N.Mukherjee and B.N.Patnaik)and HindiMorphology:A Word-based Description(with Rajendra Singh).  \nRoutledge Essential Grammars  \nEssential Grammars are available for the following languages:  \nArabic  \nChinese  \nDanish  \nDutch  \nEnglish  \nFinnish  \nGerman  \nModern Greek  \nModern Hebrew  \nHungarian  \nNorwegian  \nPolish  \nPortuguese  \nSerbian  \nSpanish  \nSwedish  \nThai  \nUrdu  \nOther titles of interest published by Routledge:  \nColloquial Hindi,second edition (forthcoming)By Tej K.Bhatia  \nHindi  \nAn Essential Grammar  \nRama Kant Agnihotri  \nContents  \nPrefacexivAcknowledgementsxviSymbolsxviiiAbbreviationsxxiPartI Hindi and its sentence types            3  \nChapter I Hindi:a brief introduction  \n1.1 The Hindi area3  \n1.2 The status of Hindi3  \n1.3 What do we mean by 'Hindi'?  \n1.4 Hindi sounds and writing system6  \n1.5 The Hindi sentence  \n1.6 The Hindi vocabulary  \n1.7 Conclusion  \nChapter 2 Hindi sentence structure  \n10  \n2.1 Word order10  \n2.2 Subject-verb agreement11  \n2.3 Linear ordering of constituents13  \n2.3.1 Adjectives and nouns13  \n2.3.2 Nouns,postpositions and agreement14  \n2.3.3 Flexibility in word order14  \n2.3.4 Direct and indirect object15  \n2.3.5 Marker of comparison15  \n2.3.6 Adverbs1616  \n2.5 Conclusion18Chapter 3 Negatives19  \n3.1 Negation20  \n3.2 The use of 8 nahii,‘not'22  \n23  \n3.3 The use of可na  \nContents  \n24  \n3.4 Negative polarity items  \n25  \n3.5 Conclusion  \n26  \nChapter 4 Questions  \n26  \n4.1 'Yes/no'questions  \n27  \n4.2 Information questions  \n30  \n4.3 Alternative-type questions  \n30  \n4.4 Tag questions  \n31  \n4.5 Conclusion  \n32  \nChapter 5 Imperatives and politeness  \n32  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