The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia
Title | The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Hans Henrich Hock |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 964 |
Release | 2016-05-24 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110423383 |
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.
The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia
Title | The Languages and Linguistics of Mainland Southeast Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Sidwell |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 983 |
Release | 2021-08-23 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 3110558149 |
The handbook will offer a survey of the field of linguistics in the early 21st century for the Southeast Asian Linguistic Area. The last half century has seen a great increase in work on language contact, work in genetic, theoretical, and descriptive linguistics, and since the 1990s especially documentation of endangered languages. The book will provide an account of work in these areas, focusing on the achievements of SEAsian linguistics, as well as the challenges and unresolved issues, and provide a survey of the relevant major publications and other available resources. We will address: Survey of the languages of the area, organized along genetic lines, with discussion of relevant political and cultural background issues Theoretical/descriptive and typological issues Genetic classification and historical linguistics Areal and contact linguistics Other areas of interest such as sociolinguistics, semantics, writing systems, etc. Resources (major monographs and monograph series, dictionaries, journals, electronic data bases, etc.) Grammar sketches of languages representative of the genetic and structural diversity of the region.
Language in South Asia
Title | Language in South Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Braj B. Kachru |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 633 |
Release | 2008-03-27 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 0521781418 |
An overview of the language in South Asia within a linguistic, historical and sociolinguistic context, comprising authoritative contributions from international scholars within the field of language and linguistics. It is an accessible interdisciplinary book for students and scholars in sociolinguistics, multilingualism, language planning and South Asian studies.
Language in South Asia
Title | Language in South Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Braj B. Kachru |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 640 |
Release | 2008-03-27 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 9781139465502 |
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.
Linguistic Theory and South Asian Languages
Title | Linguistic Theory and South Asian Languages PDF eBook |
Author | Josef Bayer |
Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2007-01-01 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 9789027233660 |
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.
Linguistics in South Asia
Title | Linguistics in South Asia PDF eBook |
Author | Murray B. Emeneau |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 832 |
Release | 2016-11-21 |
Genre | Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | 3110819503 |
Trends in South Asian Linguistics
Title | Trends in South Asian Linguistics PDF eBook |
Author | Ghanshyam Sharma |
Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |
Pages | 533 |
Release | 2021-11-08 |
Genre | Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | 3110753146 |
The field of South Asian linguistics has undergone considerable growth and advancement in recent years, as a wider and more diverse range of languages have become subject to serious linguistic study, and as advancements in theoretical linguistics are applied to the rich linguistic data of South Asia. In this growth and diversity, it can be difficult to retain a broad grasp on the current state of the art, and to maintain a sense of the underlying unity of the field. This volume brings together twenty articles by leading scholars in South Asian linguistics, which showcase the cutting-edge research currently being undertaken in the field, and offer the reader a comprehensive introduction to the state of the art in South Asian linguistics. The contributions to the volume focus primarily on syntax and semantics, but also include important contributions on morphological and phonological questions. The contributions also cover a wide range of languages, from well-studied Indo-Aryan languages such as Sanskrit, Hindi, Bangla and Panjabi, through Dravidian languages to endangered and understudied Tibeto-Burman languages. This collection is a must-read for all scholars interested in current trends and advancements in South Asian linguistics.