Dravidian Linguistics

Author : Sanford B. Steever
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2019-12-18
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781317525394

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The Dravidian Languages by Sanford B. Steever Pdf

The Dravidian language family is the world's fourth largest with nearly 250 million speakers across South Asia from Pakistan to Nepal, from Bangladesh to Sri Lanka. This authoritative reference source provides a unique description of the languages, covering their grammatical structure and historical development, plus sociolinguistic features. Each chapter combines a modern linguistic perspective with traditional historical linguistics, and a uniform structure allows for easy typological comparison between the individual languages. New to this edition are chapters on Beṭṭa Kuṟumba, Kuṛux, Kūvi and Malayāḷam, and enlarged sections in various existing chapters, as well as updated bibliographies and demographic data throughout. The Dravidian Languages will be invaluable to students and researchers within linguistics, and will also be of interest to readers in the fields of comparative literature, areal linguistics and South Asian studies.

Author : Kamil Zvelebil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Davidian languages
ISBN : UCAL:B3843475

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Dravidian Linguistics by Kamil Zvelebil Pdf

Author : Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
Publisher : Oxford University Press on Demand
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0198241224

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Comparative Dravidian Linguistics by Bhadriraju Krishnamurti Pdf

"The book contains solutions to long-standing problems in the phonology and morphology of comparative Dravidian and proposes many seminal and original ideas. In addition to critical surveys on developments in comparative phonology, morphology, the subgrouping of the languages, and on the contact and convergence between Indo-Aryan and Dravidian, there are chapters on types of sound change and phonological and morphological issues in Dravidian, as well as the methodology required to address them. Also included is the author's groundbreaking proposal for a laryngeal for Proto-Dravidian, by means of which he was able to address several grammatical and etymological problems in later linguistic developments."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Bhadriraju Krishnamurti
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-16
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781139435338

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The Dravidian Languages by Bhadriraju Krishnamurti Pdf

The Dravidian languages are spoken by over 200 million people in South Asia and in Diaspora communities around the world, and constitute the world's fifth largest language family. It consists of about 26 languages in total including Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu, as well as over 20 non-literary languages. In this book, Bhadriraju Krishnamurti, one of the most eminent Dravidianists of our time, provides a comprehensive study of the phonological and grammatical structure of the whole Dravidian family from different aspects. He describes its history and writing systems, discusses its structure and typology, and considers its lexicon. Distant and more recent contacts between Dravidian and other language groups are also discussed. With its comprehensive coverage this book will be welcomed by all students of Dravidian languages and will be of interest to linguists in various branches of the discipline as well as Indologists.

Author : Mikhail Sergeevich Andronov
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Dravidian languages
ISBN : 3447044551

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A Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian Languages by Mikhail Sergeevich Andronov Pdf

Due to their crucial role one of the major tasks in modern South Asia linguistics is the research of the historical view of the Dravidian Languages. A knowledge of the Dravidian language structure in all its development stages, from their earliest beginnings to today, is necessary for understanding numerous fundamental aspects with the emergence of the indoarian, Munda and other languages of south Asia and of course for the history of the Dravidian language family itself. The Comparative Grammar forms an important part of the historical linguistics. Yet Richard Caldwell's Comparative Grammar of Dravidian or South Indian Family of Languages (London, 1856, 2/1875, 3/1913) is outdated. An up to date comparative grammar of the Dravidian languages therefore was long overdue. With the work of the renowned Russian Dravidian scientist Mikhail S. Andronov, in which the over 80 known, investigated and described languages and dialects of the Dravidian language family are taken in consideration, this gap has been closed.

Author : Kamil Zvelebil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Davidian languages
ISBN : UVA:X002251334

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Dravidian Linguistics by Kamil Zvelebil Pdf

Author : K. Venkateswarlu
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-11-29
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000365771

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Colonialism, Orientalism and the Dravidian Languages by K. Venkateswarlu Pdf

The Dravidian language family is marked historically by a protracted struggle between Tamil and its aggressively assertive supremacy, and the consequent peripheralizing of other majoritarian languages of the region. This book looks at the development of Telugu — with its unique grammatical and lexical tradition as instrumental in the construction of the concept of the Dravidian language family in 1816, and in the development of comparative linguistics since that time. The author’s arguments locate Telugu in multiple matrices: of historical and theoretical Orientalism; the colonial state’s interest in native languages; the politics of state patronage; questions of cultural assimilation and divergence; the overbearing presence of Tamil and its literary traditions; and the related inter- and intra-civilizational dialogues. The book thus grapples with the tortured emergence of Telugu — a product of the dynamics of Andhra society, economy, polity and culture influenced and driven by Muslim, Hindu and Western influence. With its richly textured narrative, this book will be of interest to those in the fields of history, sociology, socio-linguistics, colonial studies, and literature, apart from the generally interested reader.

Author : Murray Barnson Emeneau
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Dravidian languages
ISBN : UVA:X002178681

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Dravidian Linguistics by Murray Barnson Emeneau Pdf

Author : Hans Henrich Hock,Elena Bashir
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 927 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110423303

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The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia by Hans Henrich Hock,Elena Bashir Pdf

With 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 : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Dravidian languages
ISBN : UCBK:C096797603

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International Journal of Dravidian Linguistics by Anonim Pdf

Author : Philipp Strazny
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 1304 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781135455231

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Encyclopedia of Linguistics by Philipp Strazny Pdf

Utilizing a historical and international approach, this valuable two-volume resource makes even the more complex linguistic issues understandable for the non-specialized reader. Containing over 500 alphabetically arranged entries and an expansive glossary by a team of international scholars, the Encyclopedia of Linguistics explores the varied perspectives, figures, and methodologies that make up the field.

Author : Murray Barnson Emeneau
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015041029383

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Dravidian Studies by Murray Barnson Emeneau Pdf

Of these 27 articles on Dravidian subjects, 23 deal with linguistic topics, several ranging through the Dravidian family as a whole; others concentrate on specific languages, such as Toda, Kota, Kodagu, Brahui, but all attempt to fit specific language data into the comparative study the languages of the family. The author has realized that the comparative study of a language family depends on the firm identificatioin of etymologies, and several of the papers concentrate on etymological study. Such general questions as India as a some-what unified linguistic area, or the structure of personal names, or the ethnological basis of some lexical items, appear in several papers. Four of the papers are on specific Toda subjects; in three of these the approach is in the first place linguistic. These results of some 50 years of study further knowledge of the Dravidian component of India`s people and culture.

Author : Centre of Advanced Study in Linguistics
Publisher : Annamalainagar : Annamalai University
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Dravidian languages
ISBN : UOM:39015008849963

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Third Seminar on Dravidian Linguistics by Centre of Advanced Study in Linguistics Pdf

Author : Thomas R. Trautmann
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2006-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780520931909

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Languages and Nations by Thomas R. Trautmann Pdf

British rule of India brought together two very different traditions of scholarship about language, whose conjuncture led to several intellectual breakthroughs of lasting value. Two of these were especially important: the conceptualization of the Indo-European language family by Sir William Jones at Calcutta in 1786—proposing that Sanskrit is related to Persian and languages of Europe—and the conceptualization of the Dravidian language family of South India by F.W. Ellis at Madras in 1816—the "Dravidian proof," showing that the languages of South India are related to one another but are not derived from Sanskrit. These concepts are valid still today, centuries later. This book continues the examination Thomas R. Trautmann began in Aryans and British India (1997). While the previous book focused on Calcutta and Jones, the current volume examines these developments from the vantage of Madras, focusing on Ellis, Collector of Madras, and the Indian scholars with whom he worked at the College of Fort St. George, making use of the rich colonial record. Trautmann concludes by showing how elements of the Indian analysis of language have been folded into historical linguistics and continue in the present as unseen but nevertheless living elements of the modern.

Author : B. Gopinathan Nair
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Dravidian languages
ISBN : UOM:39015066049035

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Proceedings of the First International Seminar on Dravidian Linguistics and the Fourteenth All India Conference of Dravidian Linguistics by B. Gopinathan Nair Pdf