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The languages and linguistics of South Asia : a comprehensive guide / edited by Hans Henrich Hock, Elena Bashir.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: World of linguistics ; v. 7.Publisher: Berlin : De Gruyter Mouton, [2016]Copyright date: �2016Description: 1 online resource (x, 917 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 3110423308
  • 9783110423303
  • 9783110423310
  • 3110423316
  • 9783110423389
  • 3110423383
  • 9783110423389
  • 3110423383
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Languages and linguistics of South Asia.DDC classification:
  • 409 23
LOC classification:
  • P381.S58 L365 2016eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. The languages, their histories, and their genetic classification -- 2. Contact and convergence -- 3. Phonetics and phonology -- 4. Morphology -- 5. Syntax and semantics -- 6 Sociolinguistics -- 7. Indigenous South Asian grammatical traditions -- 8. Applications of modern technology to South Asian languages -- 9. Writing systems -- Appendix -- Sources and resources -- Language index -- Subject index.
Summary: This volume is a state-of-the-art survey of research on the languages of South Asia, with contributions by well-known experts. It covers the languages, their histories and classification; contact and convergence; phonetics/phonology, morphology, and syntax; sociolinguistics; indigenous grammatical traditions; applications of modern technology to South Asian languages; and South Asian writing systems. An appendix lists major sources and resources.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume is a state-of-the-art survey of research on the languages of South Asia, with contributions by well-known experts. It covers the languages, their histories and classification; contact and convergence; phonetics/phonology, morphology, and syntax; sociolinguistics; indigenous grammatical traditions; applications of modern technology to South Asian languages; and South Asian writing systems. An appendix lists major sources and resources.

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Table of contents -- Introduction -- 1. The languages, their histories, and their genetic classification -- 2. Contact and convergence -- 3. Phonetics and phonology -- 4. Morphology -- 5. Syntax and semantics -- 6 Sociolinguistics -- 7. Indigenous South Asian grammatical traditions -- 8. Applications of modern technology to South Asian languages -- 9. Writing systems -- Appendix -- Sources and resources -- Language index -- Subject index.

In English.

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