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1 online resource (434 pages) |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 149 |
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Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 149.
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| Contents |
Linguistic synchrony and diachrony on the roof of the world : the study of Himalayan languages / Anju Saxena -- A grammatical comparison of Shina dialects / Ruth Laila Schmidt -- Retroflex vowels and other peculiarities in the Kalasha sound system / Jan Heegård and Ida Elisabeth Mørch -- Direction and differential dative case marking in Magar / Karen Grunow-Hårsta -- Thangmi kinship terminology in comparative perspective / Mark Turin -- Hidden syntax in Belhare / Balthasar Bickel -- On the notion of sentence in Classical Tibetan / Claus Oetke -- On discourse functions of the finite verb in Kinnauri narratives / Anju Saxena -- Preverbal modifiers in Sunwar / Werner Winter -- Directional prefixes in Kathmandu Newar / David Hargreaves -- Grammaticalization of deictic motion verbs in Seke / Isao Honda -- "Do" as subordinator in Tshangla / Erik Andvik -- Morphosyntactic transparency in Bantawa / Jadranka Gvozdanović -- Areal semantics : is there such a thing? / James A. Matisoff -- Shafer's proto-West Bodish hypothesis and the formation of the Tibetan verb paradigms / Roland Bielmeier -- Newaric and Mahakiranti / George van Driem |
| Summary |
With its many and diverse languages, including some with very long documented histories, its cultural diversity, and its widespread multilingualism- both the stable and transient kind- the Himalayan region is a treasure trove of empirical data for linguistic research on language typology and universals, historical linguistics, language contact and areal linguistics. Himalayan Languages contains contributions on Himalayan linguistics written by some of the leading experts in the field. The volume is divided into three parts: First, a general overview is given of the linguistic study of Himalaya |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
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Tibeto-Burman languages -- Congresses
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FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY -- Southeast Asian Languages.
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Language and languages
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Tibeto-Burman languages
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Indo-Arische talen.
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Dravidische talen.
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Tibeto-Birmaanse talen.
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Austro-Aziatische talen.
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Himalaya Mountains Region -- Languages -- Congresses
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Himalaya Mountains Region
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Saxena, Anju, 1959-
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Himalayan Languages Symposium (7th : 2001 : Uppsala, Sweden)
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| LC no. |
2004040236 |
| ISBN |
9783110898873 |
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311089887X |
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