A Comparative Study of Classifier Expression in Assamese and Bengali Languages
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 3
Abstract
Classifiers are affixes that are used in various languages to indicate the grammatical or semantic classification of words. "Classifiers are generally defined as morphemes that classify and quantify nouns according to semantic criteria. Classifiers classify a noun inherently. They designate and specify semantic features inherent to the nominal denotatum and divide the set of nouns of a certain language into disjunct classes "(Senft 2000: 21). Classifiers system are found in the languages of Asia,Oceania,Australia,Africa and America.Among the New Indo Aryan languages Bengali, Assamese ,Oriya, Maithili and Marathi and among Munda family Santhali, Kurka and Malto made limited use of classifiers.Assamese although an Indo Aryan, like other Tibeto Burman languages - Boro, Garo,Rabha,Dimasa,Kokborok makes use of large number of classifiers for almost everything or for every shape. The present paper makes an attempt to compare and contrast the occurances and the use of classifiers among the sister language-Assamese and Bengali.Although, both Assamese and Bengali have SOV word order but they share some common and uncommon facts about classifiers.The study is confined to standard Bengali and standard Assamese.
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Dr. Paramita Purkait
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