Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Foreword v
3. Series Editors’ Preface vii
4. Preface ix
5. Contents xi
6. 1. About this Grammar 1
7. 2. The Dhivehi Language 11
8. 3. Phonology and Writing System 21
9. 4. Lexicon 51
10. 5. Nouns and Noun Morphology 59
11. 6. Demonstratives, Pro-forms, and Noun Modifiers 87
12. 7. Postpositions and Adverbs 115
13. 8. Verbs and Verb Morphology 125
14. 9. Particles, Interjections, Conjunctions, and Discourse Markers 175
15. 10. Noun Phrases 191
16. 11. Compound Verbs, Verbal Collocations, and Verbal Complexes 213
17. 12. Simple Sentences 237
18. 13. Complex Sentences 291
19. References 325
20. Index 341