The Structure and Development of Middle Indo-Aryan Dialects

Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi 1996 ― 227 pp.This monograph concentrates on the nature and pace of phonological, morphological and syntactic change in the history of Indo-Aryan language during the Middle Indo-Aryan period (4th C.B.C. ― 10th C. A.d.). It offers a systematic account of historical phonological processes paradigmatic sets of the main Prakits are juxtaposed and analysed and selected topics in Syntax are studied in theoretical framework of Functional Grammar.