Ebook: Panjabi Reader. Level 2

Colorado State University, 1964. — iv, 358, 227-259, xxvi pages.This book is intended primarily for those students who have a speaking knowledge of Panjabi and a knowledge of Panjabi grammar. It can be used in a second or third year course as a supplement to conversational materials, or by itself in a course on the written language. Although it would be most suitable used in conjunction with other grammatical texts and dictionaries, a glossary and a brief grammatical appendix has been added to make the Reader self-sufficient. This book is the second part of a series of two Readers. Words already used in the Panjabi Reader - Level I are not included in the vocabulary lists and glossary, but the glossary from the first year Reader has been reprinted at the end of this book for the student’s convenience. The grammatical appendix is identical to that found in the Panjabi Reader - Level I.The main portion of this book consists of 23 units, selected from various types of modem prose and poetry styles and graded according to difficulty. Each unit includes notes on the translation of idioms or difficult constructions, lists of vocabulary and exercises relevant to the material read. The final portion of the Reader gives selections from the Guru: Granth Sahib, the major religious work of the Sikh religion, for students wishing an introduction to this older literary style.None of the selections presented here have been edited for content, nor have they been chosen primarily for their artistic or substantive merit, although the more prominent Panjabi writers have
been represented. The purpose has rather been to give a variety of styles and subject matter, and to introduce the student to the way of life and mode of thought of the Panjabi speaker, in so far as this is possible in so brief a work. Particularly in the non-fiction, the student should not necessarily regard the material read as authoritative or as representing the views of the compiler.