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(d) Grammar must not be prescriptive but a descriptive one. It should be described as it is
used by its natives and be analyzed typologically.

(e) The grammar is described in different layers according to the specific need of the
users of language.
Besides these, the traditional approach of grammar writing can also contribute
in this study as what it has described is not quite irrelevant in terms of the functional-

typological perspective.
1.3.2 Structural approach

Tiwari (1954 and 1960), Trammell (1971), Srivastava (1983), Verma (2003),
Lohar (2008 and 2009), SCERT (2008), Singh, R. (2008), Singh, V. (2008) and
Khatri (2012) have almost based their description and analysis of the Bhojpuri

grammar and grammatical items on structural model. The grammar or grammatical
items of Bhojpuri presented on this model by different grammarians have roughly the

following common characteristics:
(a) Following Beames (1868) and Grierson (1883), Tiwari (1954 and 1960) traced

out Bhojpuri natives' territory within India and Nepal empirically up to 43,000
square miles.

(b) Bhojpuri grammar is described more independently than it has been done in
traditional approach, but structurally.
(c) Though it seems to be different from Sanskrit tradition, it emphasizes on

structure or form rather than functions.
(d) It seems to be between Sanskrit and English in structural description.

(e) It describes Bhojpuri in different dialects but overlooks how Bhojpuri is used
in Nepalese context.

Tiwari (1954 and 1960) almost agrees with Grierson (1883; 1984a and b;
1903) and reveals that dialect of Bhojpuri spoken in Baliya and Shahabad (now

Bhojpur) districts is the standard one. He is the first linguist to demarcate Bhojpuri on
his own field visit including Nepalese territories. The details also include a brief
history of the language. Moreover, he denotes Bhojpuri being written in Kaithi script

contemporarily. In this way the work can be considered as an historical and analytic
grammar of Bhojpuri and can be useful to enrich historical, geolinguistic and

sociolinguistic profile of Bhojpuri, to guide for a functional typological approach to
Bhojpuri grammar.

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