Non-Finite Clauses in English and Maithili: A Contrastive Study
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2009
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Department of English
Abstract
Maithili belongs to the Eastern subgroups of the Indo-Aryan language group
within the Indo-Iranian branch of Indo-European Family. Maithili forms a subgroup
with BHOJPORI and Magahi and is linguistically closer toASSAMESE, BANGLA,
and ORIYA than to its more contiguous languages, namely HINDI, Gujrati or Marathi
and NEPALI, which belong to the central and western subgroups of Indo-Aryan,
respectively. Maithili has a large speech community with a rich literacy heritage, the
history of Maithili literature is more than an old millennium to the present situation.
In terms of vocabulary, Maithili stands close Bengali and Hindi. Words are derived
mostly from common sources.
On the other hand English is an international language which is a common
langua franca in most parts of the world. It has played a crucial role in an international
communication of thoughts, ideas and sentiments. It is spoken as a first, second and
foreign language. This work entitled “Non-Finite Clauses in English and Maithili: A
Contrastive Study” attemptsto describe the clause structures in both languages along
with their kinds, functions and uses.
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Grammar, Passivization, Negativization