Syntax of Standard English and Bangla - A Bilingual Study of Simple Declarative Sentences

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This research paper examines fundamental and background knowledge of English and Bangla sentence patterns and compares their structures at the sentential level. Because basic sentence structure is essential for teaching and learning, the study supports understanding bilingual relationships for researchers, teachers, learners, and speakers. Findings also aid translation between the two languages and help explain frequent faulty constructions when learners shift from one language to the other.

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Advances in Language and Literary Studies ISSN: 2203-4714 [www.alls.aiac.org.au](www.alls.aiac.org.au) | Syntax of Standard English and Bangla: A Bilingual Study of Simple Declarative Sentences
Md. Faruquzzaman Akan*
Lecturer in English, Faculty of Languages and Translation, King Khalid University, Abha, Saudi Arabia Corresponding Author: Md. Faruquzzaman Akan, E-mail: [f.akan@yahoo.com](f.akan@yahoo.com) | | | --- | --- | | ARTICLE INFO | ABSTRACT
This research paper explores much of the basic and background knowledge of English and Bangla sentence patterns or structures as well as tries to compare and contrast between these two very languages, English and Bangla at the sentential levels. As it is known the concept of basic sentence structures is necessary for classroom teaching and learning to perceive the subtleties of language at the highest unit of grammar, this study is expected to facilitate the understanding of bilingual relationships between them (may be as a native or a foreign language) for researchers, teachers, learners and/or speakers of both the languages. The ideas drawn from the findingsin this paper will also help one in the field of translating amid these two languages which is pedagogically very significant as well. For a few dissimilarities, we often notice greatly faulty grammatical constructions both in English and Bangla, when learners or users shift from one to another. So, this study of the two types of sentence patterns along with their components will be of considerable use to many, specially to those who teach, learn or use these languages. | | Article history
Received: January 08, 2021
Accepted: March 18, 2021
Published: April 30, 2021
Volume: 12 Issue: 2
Advance access: April 2021 | | | Conflicts of interest: None
Funding: None | | | Key words:
Determiner, Modifier, Head (word), Adjunct, Verb Base, Phrase, Syntax | | INTRODUCTION It is evident in the history that the origin of both English and Bangla is Indo-European family of languages. However, with the passage of time, these languages underwent a lot of changes in various ways and aspects. English was by and large dominated by Greek and Latin whereas Bangla was greatly influenced by English, specially in some areas of grammar during the British regime in the Indo-Pak-Bengal subcontinent. Moreover, Bangla grammar was based on Sanskrit grammar. In English, the term ‘grammar’ comes from Greek meaning ‘study of words’ and its Bangla synonym is /bækɔrɔn/ which receives the meaning ‘analysis’. It is worth mentioning that the sentence pattern in the two languages is well-fixed. This study aims at the comparative analysis of the structure of simple declarative sentences (i.e. statements) of the English and Bangla languages in the standard variety. The necessary phonetic transcriptions are incorporated in this study for non-native speakers of Bangla also. Research Questions The innermost objective of this research is to find the answers to the following questions within the domain of comparative linguistics: Published by Australian International Academic Centre PTY.LTD. 1. How to attain a good solution for English and Bangla word order discrepancy 2. How to find out appropriate Bangla modifiers for English 3. How to solve the gaps between the inflexions of verbs in the two languages 4. How to show the function of grammatical terms in English and Bangla Method of the Study The grammar of English and Bangla shares some noticeable common features. But if we compare and contrast between English and Bangla sentences, we can find some similarities and various differences too. To define a sentence in both the languages is almost the same. In English, the ‘sentence’refers to a group of words arranged in such an order so that it makes a complete sense. And in Bangla, the ‘sentence’is a collection of words (or inflected words) that expresses a complete sense about a topic. Nevertheless, the sentence in

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What is the main purpose of the study on English and Bangla sentence patterns?

The study aims to compare and contrast the structure of simple declarative sentences in standard English and standard Bangla at the sentential level.

Which challenges between the two languages does the paper focus on for learners?

It discusses dissimilarities that can lead to faulty grammatical constructions, especially when learners shift between English and Bangla, including word order and modifier usage.

How does the paper describe differences in verb and object positioning?

It states that the position of transitive verb and object in English and Bangla is opposite, and it also covers related structure differences for intransitive verbs and complements.

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