North East Indian Linguistics 4

Hyslop, Gwendolyn [u.a.] [Hrsg.]:
North East Indian Linguistics / ed. by Gwendolyn Hyslop ; Stephen Morey ; Mark W. Post. - Vol. 4. - Delhi : Cambridge University Press India, 2012. - xviii, 403 S. : Ill., Kt.
ISBN 978-81-7596-930-8
Rs. 995,00
US$ 47,35
DDC: 409.541

Beschreibung
North East India is one of the most linguistically diverse regions of the world, with over 100, and perhaps as many as 200, different languages spoken. This book aims to produce a volume reflective of both the linguistic diversity of the region as well as the high quality of current research on North East Indian Linguistics.
   The articles in this volume cover four of the language families represented in North East India: Tai-Kadai, Indo-Aryan, Tibeto-Burman, and Austroasiatic. Divided into seven sections, the book presents the description and analysis of a wide variety of phonological, syntactic, morphological, socio-linguistic and historical topics in the study of several languages of the region – origin of the Boro-Garo language family, Boro-Garo grammar, serial verbs in a hitherto undescribed variety of Boro, information about Dimasa dialects, phonology of Hajong, a language of Assam and Meghalaya, and analysis of copula constructions in Assam Sadri. The volume also contains an analysis of pronouns in Madhav Kandali’s Ramayana, a version of the Ramayana written in colloquial Assamese of the fourteenth century. The final section in this volume discusses serial verb constructions in the Austroasiatic language war, the most detailed discussion of war syntax and semantics to date.
   Contributions in this volume range from renowned scholars of Tibeto-Burman linguistics to students from the North East making their first impact in the field of Linguistics. The book will be of interest to linguists, anthropologists, social scientists and general readers with an interest in the study, preservation and appreciation of North East Indian cultural and linguistic diversity. [Cambridge University Press India]
Bereits erschienen:

• North East Indian Linguistics / ed. by Stephen Morey ; Mark Post. - Vol. 1. Delhi : Foundation Books, 2008. - xiii, 270 S. : Ill., Kt. - ISBN 978-81-7596-600-0 (Cambridge Univ. Press India)
• North East Indian Linguistics / ed. by Stephen Morey ; Mark Post. - Vol. 2. - Delhi : Foundation Books, 2010. - ca. 268 S. - ISBN 978-81-7596-714-4 (Cambridge Univ. Press India)
• North East Indian Linguistics / ed. by Gwendolyn Hyslop ; Stephen Morey ; Mark W. Post. - Vol. 3. - Delhi : Foundation Press, 2011. - xxii, 253 S. : Ill., Kt. - ISBN 978-81-7596-793-9 (Cambridge Univ. Press India)

Herausgeber
GWENDOLYN HYSLOP, is a specialist in the East Bodish languages of Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh. Profile page (Australian National University, Canberra).
STEPHEN MOREY, is Associate Director of the Research Centre for Linguistic Typology at La Trobe University. Profile page.
MARK W. POST, is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Anthropological Linguistics at The Cairns Institute of James Cook University in Cairns, Australia. Profile page.

Quellen: Cambridge University Press India; WorldCat; D.K. Agencies; Vedams Books
Bildquelle: Cambridge University Press India
Bibliographie: [1]

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