The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia
A Comprehensive Guide
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The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia
A Comprehensive Guide
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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Acknowledgments
- Table of contents
- Introduction · Hans Henrich Hock and Elena Bashir
- 1 The languages, their histories, and their genetic classification · edited by Hans Henrich Hock
- 2 Contact and convergence · edited by Elena Bashir
- 3 Phonetics and phonology · edited by Hans Henrich Hock
- 4 Morphology · edited by Hans Henrich Hock with contributions by Elena Bashir and K. V. Subbarao
- 5 Syntax and semantics · edited by Hans Henrich Hock
- 6 Sociolinguistics · edited by Elena Bashir
- 7 Indigenous South Asian grammatical traditions · edited by Hans Henrich Hock
- 8 Applications of modern technology to South Asian languages · edited by Elena Bashir
- 9 Writing systems · edited by Elena Bashir
- 10 Sources and Resources · Hans Henrich Hock and Elena Bashir
- Language index
- Subject index
- Fußnoten