REPORT RESUMES ED 012 914 48 ‘AL 000 604 BENGALI LANGUAGE HANDBOOK. . BY- RAY, FUNYA SLOKA AND. OTHERS CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS; WASHINGTON, D.C. REPORT NUMBER BR-5-1242 PUB DATE 66 CONTRACT OEC-2-14-042 EDRS PRICE MF-$0.75 HC-$6.08 — 154F. DESCRIFTORS- 8ENGALI, #REFERENCE BOOKS, LITERATURE GUIDES, CONTRASTIVE LINGUISTICS, GRAMMAR, PHONETICS, CULTURAL BACKGROUND, SOCIOLINGUISTICS, WRITING, ALPHABETS, DIALECT STUDIES, CHALIT, SADHU, INDIA, WEST BENGAL, EAST PAKISTAN, THIS VOLUME OF THE LANGUAGE HANDBOOK SERIES IS INTENDED TO SERVE AS AN OUTLINE OF THE SALIENT FEATURES OF THE BENGALI LANGUAGE SFOKEN BY OVER 80 MILLION PEOPLE IN EAST PAKISTAN AND INDIA. IT WAS WRITTEN WITH SEVERAL READERS IN MIND--(1) A LINGUIST INTERESTED IN BENGALI BUT NOT HIMSELF A SPECIALIST IN-THE LANGUAGE, (2) AN INTERMEDIATE OR ADVANCED STUDENT WHO WANTS A CONCISE GENERAL PICTURE OF THE: LANGUAGE AND ITS SETTING, AND (3) AN AREA SPECIALIST WHO NEEDS BASIC LINGUISTIC OR SOCIOLINGUISTIC FACTS ABOUT THE AREA. CHAPTERS ON THE LANGUAGE SITUATION, PHONOLOGY, AND ORTHOGRAPHY. PRECEDE THE LINGUISTIC ANALYSIS OF MORPHOLOGY AND SYNTAX. ALTHOUGH THE LINGUISTIC DESCRIFTION I$ NOT INTENDED TO BE DEFINITIVE, IT USES TECHNICAL TERMINOLOGY AND ASSUMES THE READER HAS PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE OF LINGUISTICS. STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BENGALI AND AMERICAN ENGLISH ARE DISCUSSED AS ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SADHU STANDARD AND CHALIT STANDARD BENGALI. THE DACCA DIALECT AND THE CHITTAGONG DIALECT ARE BRIEFLY TREATED AND THEIR GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION IS SHOWN ON. A MAP OF BENGALI DIALECTS. FINAL CHAPTERS SURVEY THE HISTORY OF BENGALI LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND LITERARY CRITICISM. THIS HANDBOOK I$ ALSO AVAILABLE FOR $3.00 FROM THE CENTER FOR APPLIED LINGUISTICS, 1717 MASSACHUSETTS AVENUE, N.W., WASHINGTON, D.C., 20036. (JD)ED012914 BENGALI LANGUAGE HANDBOOK PUNYA SLOKA RAY MUHAMMAD ABDUL HAI LILA RAY US, DEPARTMENT OF HEATH, EDUCATION & WELFARE OFFICE OF EDUCATION THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED FROM THE | PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT, POLTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS {STATED oO WOT HECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY. AL 000 604LANGUAGE HANDBOOK SERIES FRANK A. RICE, GENERAL EDITOR