EAN: 9783110427158

THE LANGUAGES AND LINGUISTICS OF SOUTH ASIA GEB...

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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