Chapter nine: The syntax and semantics of simple and complex sentences

Chapters in this book

1. I-VI I
2. Acknowledgments VII
3. Contents IX
4. Abbreviations XI
5. Chapter one: A century of Maithili grammatical tradition 1
6. Chapter two: Sound system and script 14
7. Chapter three: The noun and the noun phrase 63
8. Chapter four: The pronoun 103
9. Chapter five: Adjectives, modifiers, determiners, and numerals 124
10. Chapter six: The verb and the verb phrase 150
11. Chapter seven: Adverbs, postpositions, clitics, interjections, and particles 240
12. Chapter eight: Sentence types 281
13. Chapter nine: The syntax and semantics of simple and complex sentences 302
14. Notes 374
15. References 390
16. Name index 397
17. Language index 397
18. Subject index 398