South Asian Languages
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South Asian Languages

A Syntactic Typology

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South Asian Languages

A Syntactic Typology

About this book

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.

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Yes, you can access South Asian Languages by Kārumūri V. Subbārāo in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Filología & Idiomas. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. South Asian Languages
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Abbreviations
  10. 1: Introduction
  11. 2: South Asian languages: a preview
  12. 3: Lexical anaphors and pronouns in South Asian languages
  13. 4: Case and agreement
  14. 5: Non-nominative subjects
  15. 6: Complementation
  16. 7: Backward Control
  17. 8: Noun modification: relative clauses
  18. Notes
  19. Bibliography
  20. Author index
  21. Language index
  22. General index