Linguistic Theory And South Asian Languages

Author : Josef Bayer,Tanmoy Bhattacharya,M.T. Hany Babu
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2007-05-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027292452

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Linguistic Theory and South Asian Languages by Josef Bayer,Tanmoy Bhattacharya,M.T. Hany Babu Pdf

The South Asian languages, mainly Indo-Aryan and Dravidian, have become a focus of interest in the formal study of language as a natural consequence of the research program of the Principle and Parameters approach and an enforced interest in exploring the parametrical space of human language. The contributions to the present volume combine theoretical reasoning in syntax and phonology with a comparative research agenda in which South Asian languages figure prominently. The topics range from issues of clause structure, serial verb constructions, cleft- and question formation, to the question of what the proper syntactic format of modification should be, issues of binding theory and raising, and issues of complementation, the clausal periphery and clausal typing. The collection of articles concludes with two chapters on Dravidian and comparative phonology and a chapter on the shaping of phonological awareness by different writing systems. The authors and the editors devote this piece of work to Professor K.A. Jayaseelan, one of present-day India’s most influential linguists.

Author : Hans Henrich Hock,Elena Bashir
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 927 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110423389

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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 : Vijay Gambhir
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 081223328X

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The Teaching and Acquisition of South Asian Languages by Vijay Gambhir Pdf

The first book to apply the latest methodological analysis to the languages of South Asia, The Teaching and Acquisition of South Asian Languages provides a much needed examination of learners and their learning patterns, language materials and their delivery, classroom environments, and learning conditions beyond the classroom. The contributors, accredited researchers and experienced teachers, test important universal learning hypotheses on "less commonly taught languages" and find that those circumstances have significant implications for theory and practice. The book brings into focus a variety of issues related to linguistic theory, second language acquisition research, non-verbal communication, discourse appropriateness, learner variation, and strategies for developing speaking, listening, and reading skills. It is also a valuable addition to the general body of knowledge in the field of adult language acquisition. A carefully prepared index and an extensive bibliography covering both the South Asian field and general literature enhance the book's usefulness as a reference guide.

Author : V. Dayal,Anoop Mahajan
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2007-09-28
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9781402027192

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Clause Structure in South Asian Languages by V. Dayal,Anoop Mahajan Pdf

The researchers in the field of theoretical and theoretically inclined descriptive linguistics have for a long time felt a need for detailed and clearly presented linguistic treatments of various syntactic phenomena in South Asian languages. Clause Structure in South Asian Languages: provides a comprehensive overview and covers major aspects of clause structure in a variety of South Asian languages; provides detailed analyses of several aspects of phrase structure of many prominent South Asian languages; gives theoretically up-to-date treatment of several important issues in South Asian syntax and semantics; contains papers by some of the most prominent linguists working on South Asian languages.

Author : Michael C. Shapiro,Harold F. Schiffman
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-11-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110857634

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Language and Society in South Asia by Michael C. Shapiro,Harold F. Schiffman Pdf

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Author : Karumuri V. Subbarao
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Grammar, Comparative and general
ISBN : 2069587800

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South Asian Languages by Karumuri V. Subbarao Pdf

"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 : Braj B. Kachru,Yamuna Kachru,S. N. Sridhar
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2008-03-27
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1139465503

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Language in South Asia by Braj B. Kachru,Yamuna Kachru,S. N. Sridhar Pdf

South 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 : Bhadriraju Krishnamurti,Colin P. Masica,Anjani Kumar Sinha
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UCAL:B3738494

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South Asian Languages by Bhadriraju Krishnamurti,Colin P. Masica,Anjani Kumar Sinha Pdf

Author : Rajendra Singh
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110198638

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Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics by Rajendra Singh Pdf

South Asia is home to a large number of languages and dialects. Although linguists working on this region have made significant contributions to our understanding of language, society, and language in society on a global scale, there is as yet no recognized international forum for the exchange of ideas amongst linguists working on South Asia. The Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics is designed to be just that forum. It brings together empirical and theoretical research and serves as a testing ground for the articulation of new ideas and approaches which may be grounded in a study of South Asian languages but which have universal applicability. Each volume will have four major sections: I. Invited contributions consisting of state-of-the-art essays on research in South Asian languages. II. Refereed open submissions focusing on relevant issues and providing various viewpoints. III. Reports from around the world, book reviews and abstracts of doctoral theses.

Author : Rajendra Singh
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783110225594

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Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics by Rajendra Singh Pdf

South Asia is home to a large number of languages and dialects. Although linguists working on this region have made significant contributions to our understanding of language, society, and language in society on a global scale, there is as yet no recognized international forum for the exchange of ideas amongst linguists working on South Asia. The Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics is designed to be just that forum. It brings together empirical and theoretical research and serves as a testing ground for the articulation of new ideas and approaches which may be grounded in a study of South Asian languages but which have universal applicability. Each volume will have three major sections: I. Invited contributions consisting of state-of-the-art essays on research in South Asian languages. II. Refereed open submissions focusing on relevant issues and providing various viewpoints. III. Reports from around the world, book reviews and abstracts of doctoral theses.

Author : Rajendra Singh
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-19
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110211504

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Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics by Rajendra Singh Pdf

South Asia is home to a large number of languages and dialects. Although linguists working on this region have made significant contributions to our understanding of language, society, and language in society on a global scale, there is as yet no recognized international forum for the exchange of ideas amongst linguists working on South Asia. The Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics is designed to be just that forum. It brings together empirical and theoretical research and serves as a testing ground for the articulation of new ideas and approaches which may be grounded in a study of South Asian languages but which have universal applicability. Each volume will have three major sections: I. Invited contributions consisting of state-of-the-art essays on research in South Asian languages. II. Refereed open submissions focusing on relevant issues and providing various viewpoints. III. Reports from around the world, book reviews and abstracts of doctoral theses.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-10-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004439153

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Expressives in the South Asian Linguistic Area by Anonim Pdf

This 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 : James W. Gair
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Sinhalese language
ISBN : 9780195095210

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Studies in South Asian Linguistics by James W. Gair Pdf

This volume collects twenty-nine published and unpublished papers by the linguist James Gair, considered the foremost western scholar of the Sri Lankan languages Sinhala and Jaffna Tamil. Ranging over thirty years, his work also considers issues in a variety of Indian languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Bengali. The collection reflects the wide range of Gair's interests, from morpho-syntactic questions to questions regarding historical and areal linguistics, especially language contact and diglossia, and extending to language acquisition. By collecting these papers and making them newly accessible, this volume will provide an important resource not only for scholars of these languages but for linguists interested in the theoretical issues Gair explores.

Author : Rajendra Singh,Ghanshyam Sharma
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-30
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110270655

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Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics by Rajendra Singh,Ghanshyam Sharma Pdf

South Asia is home to a large number of languages and dialects. Although linguists working on this region have made significant contributions to our understanding of language, society, and language in society on a global scale, there is as yet no recognized international forum for the exchange of ideas amongst linguists working on South Asia. The Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics is designed to be just that forum. It brings together empirical and theoretical research and serves as a testing ground for the articulation of new ideas and approaches which may be grounded in a study of South Asian languages but which have universal applicability. Each volume will have three major sections: I. Invited contributions consisting of state-of-the-art essays on research in South Asian languages. II. Refereed open submissions focusing on relevant issues and providing various viewpoints. III. Reports from around the world, book reviews and abstracts of doctoral theses.

Author : Miriam Butt,Tracy Holloway King,Gillian Ramchand
Publisher : Center for the Study of Language (CSLI)
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1881526496

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Theoretical Perspectives on Word Order in South Asian Languages by Miriam Butt,Tracy Holloway King,Gillian Ramchand Pdf

A collection of papers on word order variation in the languages of South Asia.