The Noun Phrase in Bengali
by Malaya Gangopadhyay

The notions of Karaka and Vacya comprising a theory of co-reference in Syntactico Semantics is an established theory in Indian Grammar.In relation to the descriptive analysis of Bengali noun-phrase the complexity of Karaka-Vacya configuration has been discussed in this book. Also the notion of role and the notion of ergative have been dealt with. Malaya Gangopadhyay holds an M.A. degree from Visva Bharati University a post-graduate degree in teaching from the University of Calcutta. She studied linguistics and sanskrit at Annamalai University, India and obtained her Ph.D. in Linguistics from Monash University Australia.Currently she is engaged in preparing a series of sanskrit teaching units for the C.A.E, in Melbourne.