The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia: A Comprehensive Guide

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2016

The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia

A Comprehensive Guide

Edited by: Hans Henrich Hock and Elena Bashir

Volume 7 in the series The World of Linguistics [WOL]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110423303

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About this book

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.

South Asian languages and linguistics
Structure, contact, computational applications, and writing systems
Appendix of sources and resources

Author / Editor information

H.H. Hock, Urbana-Champaign, IL; E. Bashir, Chicago, IL.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. The languages, their histories, and their genetic classification Hans Henrich Hock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
2. Contact and convergence Elena Bashir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
3. Phonetics and phonology Hans Henrich Hock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	375
4. Morphology Hans Henrich Hock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	437
5. Syntax and semantics Hans Henrich Hock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	501
6 Sociolinguistics Elena Bashir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	631
7. Indigenous South Asian grammatical traditions Hans Henrich Hock Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	707
8. Applications of modern technology to South Asian languages Elena Bashir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	735
9. Writing systems Elena Bashir Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	787
Appendix — Sources and resources Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	823
Language index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	889
Subject index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	903

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Students and Researchers of Linguistics, Academics. Institutional Libraries
Pages
- Front matter: 10
- Main content: 917
Keywords: Linguistic Typology; Historical Linguistics; South Asia

eBook

Published: May 24, 2016
ISBN: 9783110423303

Hardcover

Published: May 24, 2016
ISBN: 9783110427158