Hindi Ii and Mediation

The course, after offering a review of the last topics covered in the previous year of the course (i.e.: the remote past and the ergative construction; servile verbs) will introduce students to the following grammatical topics: adjectival particles and suffixes; the relative pronoun and correlative subordinates; pronominal adjectives of quantity; pronominal adjectives of quality; the passive; the subjunctive; the generic hypothetical; the imperfect hypothetical; the past hypothetical; the adjectival and adverbial participle; the causative; the main intensive verbs; the hypothetical period; direct and indirect speech. he introduction of the new grammatical topics and syntactic structures will be accompanied by a progressive expansion of the already-known vocabulary through the introduction of synonyms and antonyms. The lexical extension work will be accompanied by a historical-anthropological reflection aimed at analyzing both the reasons for the presence of such an apparatus of synonyms and the absence of terms derived from Sanskrit, with or without modifications, or from other Indian languages, to indicate elements of Indian material culture.
MODULE I: after reviewing the last topics covered in the syllabus of the first year of teaching, the relative pronoun and the proleptic construction will be introduced. Once the students have mastered its use, the following topics will be explained: the passive, the subjunctive, and adjectival particles and suffixes.
MODULE II: the topics covered in the second module will include: the generic hypothetical; the imperfect hypothetical; the past hypothetical; the hypothetical period; the main intensive verbs; the adjectival and adverbial participle; causative verbs; pronominal adjectives of quantity and quality; direct and indirect speech. In addition to the strictly grammatical component, students will be provided with the tools and content to expand the vocabulary they have mastered.
MODULE III: The consolidation of the grammatical topics and syntactic structures introduced in the previous two modules will be accompanied by work on the expansion of the students' lexical knowledge through the introduction of the many synonyms present in the Hindi language. The introduction of new terms and a rich array of synonyms will provide an opportunity to reflect on the historical, socio-cultural, and anthropological reasons behind such a repertoire of synonyms and the heterogeneous origin of the Hindi language's extensive vocabulary.