Hindi: An Essential Grammar

by Rama Kant Agnihotri

An Essential Grammar is a practical reference guide to the core structures and features of modern Hindi. Assuming no prior knowledge of Hindi grammar, this book avoids jargon and overly technical language as it takes the student through the complexities of Hindi grammar in short, readable sections.

Suitable for either independent study or for students in schools, colleges, universities and adult education classes, key features

Full examples throughout in both Devanagari and Roman script with a gloss in EnglishGlossary of technical terms and detailed subject indexCross referencing between sectionsAuthentic material provided in the appendix demonstrating grammar An Essential Grammar will help students, in both formal and non-formal education and of all levels to read, speak and write the language with greater confidence and accuracy.

The revised edition rectifies the printing errors inadvertently made in the first edition; it also further clarifies several other issues including Hindi word order flexibility, compound nouns, ergativity, pronominal usage and polite communication.

285 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 21, 2022

About the author

Rama Kant Agnihotri, D.Phil. (York) is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Delhi, Delhi. He is interested in and has taught and written extensively about Applied Linguistics, Morphology, Sociolinguistics and Research Methods for several years. He has lectured in Germany, UK, USA, Canada, Yemen, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan, among other countries. He has also been working with several NGOs across India in the area of primary school education. He co-edits, with A.L.Khanna, the Sage series on Applied Linguistics. His books include: Crisis of Identity: A Sociolinguistic Study of Sikh Children in Leeds (Bahri, Delhi, 1987), Second Language Acquisition: Socio-cultural and Linguistic Aspects of English in India (Sage, Delhi, 1994, ed. with A.L. Khanna), Hindi Morphology: A Word-based Description (Motilal Banarsidass, Delhi, 1997 with Rajendra Singh), Problematizing English in India (Sage, Delhi, 1997, with A.L. Khanna), Adult ESOL Learners in Great Britain (Multilingual Matters, UK, 1998 with A.L. Khanna, M.K. Verma and S.K. Sinha), Social Psychological Perspectives on Second Language Learning (Sage, Delhi, 1998, with A.L. Khanna and I. Sachdev), Noam Chomsky: The Architecture of Language (Oxford, Delhi, 2001 ed. with N. Mukherjee and B. N. Patnaik) and Hindi: An Essential Grammar (Routledge, London, 2007). He was the Chairperson of the NCERT’s (National Council of Educational Research and Training) National Focus Group on the teaching of Indian Languages. On issues of language learning and teaching and teacher training, he has been an advisor among others to CBSE, NCERT, SCERTs and DIETs across the country and a large number of NGOs including Eklavya, Vidya Bhawan Society and Dignatar.