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Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2020-10-12
Total Pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9004439153
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume provides a first of its kind account of expressives in the region from a grammatical, historical, and literary perspective. It provides case studies from the four major language families of South Asia.
Author: Jeffrey P. Williams
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2020-08-30
Total Pages: 228
ISBN-13: 135196772X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKExpressive Morphology in the Languages of South Asia explores the intricacies of the grammars of several of the languages of the South Asian subcontinent. Specifically, the contributors to this volume examine grammatical resources for shaping elaborative, rhyming, and alliterative expressions, conveying the emotions, states, conditions and perceptions of speakers. These forms, often referred to expressives, remain relatively undocumented, until now. It is clear from the evidence on contextualized language use that the grammatically artistic usage of these forms enriches and enlivens both every day and ritualized genres of discourse. The contributors to this volume provide grammatical and sociolinguistic documentation through a typological introduction to the diversity of expressive forms in the languages of South Asia. This book is suitable for students and researchers in South Asian Languages, and language families of the following; Dravidian, Indo-Aryan, Iranian, Sino-Tibetan and Austro-Asiatic.
Author: Colin P. Masica
Publisher: Orient Blackswan
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9788180280221
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Anvita Abbi
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Published: 1992
Total Pages: 224
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Michael C. Shapiro
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-11-18
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 3110857634
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNo detailed description available for "Language and Society in South Asia".
Author: Braj B. Kachru
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008-03-27
Total Pages: 640
ISBN-13: 9781139465502
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSouth Asia is a rich and fascinating linguistic area, its many hundreds of languages from four major language families representing the distinctions of caste, class, profession, religion, and region. This comprehensive new volume presents an overview of the language situation in this vast subcontinent in a linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context. An invaluable resource, it comprises authoritative contributions from leading international scholars within the fields of South Asian language and linguistics, historical linguistics, cultural studies and area studies. Topics covered include the ongoing linguistic processes, controversies, and implications of language modernization; the functions of South Asian languages within the legal system, media, cinema, and religion; language conflicts and politics, and Sanskrit and its long traditions of study and teaching. Language in South Asia is an accessible interdisciplinary book for students and scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language planning and South Asian studies.
Author: Hans Henrich Hock
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2016-05-24
Total Pages: 964
ISBN-13: 3110423383
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWith nearly a quarter of the world’s population, members of at least five major language families plus several putative language isolates, South Asia is a fascinating arena for linguistic investigations, whether comparative-historical linguistics, studies of language contact and multilingualism, or general linguistic theory. This volume provides a state-of-the-art survey of linguistic research on the languages of South Asia, with contributions by well-known experts. Focus is both on what has been accomplished so far and on what remains unresolved or controversial and hence offers challenges for future research. In addition to covering the languages, their histories, and their genetic classification, as well as phonetics/phonology, morphology, syntax, and sociolinguistics, the volume provides special coverage of contact and convergence, indigenous South Asian grammatical traditions, applications of modern technology to South Asian languages, and South Asian writing systems. An appendix offers a classified listing of major sources and resources, both digital/online and printed.
Author: Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Published: 1986
Total Pages: 432
ISBN-13: 9788120800335
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Karumuri V. Subbarao
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Published: 2012
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 9782069587807
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"South Asian languages are rich in linguistic diversity and number. This book explores the similarities and differences of about forty languages from the four different language families (Austro-Asiatic, Dravidian, Indo-Aryan [Indo- European], and Tibeto-Burman [Sino-Tibetan]). It focuses on the syntactic typology of these languages and the high degree of syntactic convergence, with special reference to the notion of "India as a linguistic area." Several areas of current theoretical interest such as anaphora, control theory, case and agreement, relative clauses, and the significance of thematic roles in grammar are discussed. The analysis presented has significant implications for current theories of syntax, verbal semantics, first and second language acquisition, structural language typology, and historical linguistics. The book will be of interest to linguists working on the description of South Asian languages, as well as syntacticians wishing to discover more about the common structure of languages within this region"--
Author: Mohammad Jahangeer Warsi
Publisher: Gyan Publishing House
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 9788121210102
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTop linguistics of India, Taiwan, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and various Indian states have contributed on the features of different local languages which are at different levels of development and face problem of growth.
