A Contrastive analysis of Hindi and Malayalam (PhD thesis)

Abstract

The thesis entitled ‘Contrastive Analysis of Hindi and Malayalam’ mainly deals with the similarities and dissimilarities of the two languages, Malayalam and Hindi, in the phonological, morphological and syntactical levels. In the introductory chapter, some remarks are given about the Contrastive analysis,Malayalam and Hindi languages. In the second chapter, comparison of the segmental and suprasegmental features of the sounds of Malayalam and Hindi has been made and similarities and dissimilarities between the two languages are brought out. In Chapter three, comparisons has been made for nouns, pronouns,adjectives, numerals, verbs and adverbs of the two languages at morphological level. Chapter four, deals with the comparison of different kinds of sentences and clause structures. The concluding remarks of the above contrastive studies have are outlined in chapter five. This study is helpful for L2 learners in the process of language acquisition and also for the descriptive study of the languages.