Aspects of Nepali Grammar

This volume contains four analytical papers and a collection of narrative texts on Nepali, an Indo-Aryan language which is the national language of the country of Nepal. The papers and most of the texts are the direct result of a graduate course in Field Methods at UCSB over the 1992-1993 academic year. 

The informant for this course was Dr. Min Bahadur Bista, at the time a Ph.D. student studying educational policy. Dr. Bista is originally from Pyuthan, a village located in the hills of western Nepal. Dr. Bista moved to the capital of Kathmandu in order to pursue his education at the age of 14, then came to Santa Barbara as a Fulbright Scholar in the fall of 1991. Dr. Bista is well-known as a modern poet in his native country. He speaks Hindi, as well as Nepali and English.