ABSTRACT
This book offers a descriptive outline of Bengali grammatical features at the beginning of the twenty-first century. The first step is to change from the term Bengali to Bangla. This changeover has been occurring over the past sixty years and reflects the rightful claim Bengali scholars and linguists make on their own language. In the English speaking linguistic community Bangla is now the more common term and calling the language Bangla also enables us to distinguish between the language and the people. A new grammar of modern Bangla is urgently needed and has been eagerly awaited by Bengalis and foreign learners of Bangla alike. No one book can fulfil everyone's expectations, so in order to prevent disappointment, here is a brief background and rationale of this present book.
