Lesser-Known Languages of South Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Lesser-Known Languages of South Asia write by Anju Saxena. This book was released on 2008-08-22. Lesser-Known Languages of South Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The increasing globalization and centralization in the world is threatening the existence of a large number of smaller languages. In South Asia some locally dominant languages (e.g., Hindi, Urdu, Nepali) are gaining ground beside English at the expense of the lesser-known languages. Despite a long history of stable multilingualism, language death is not uncommon in the South Asian context. We do not know how the language situation in South Asia will be affected by modern information and communication technologies: Will cultural and linguistic diversity be strengthened or weakened as they become increasingly prevalent in all walks of life? This volume brings together areas of research that so far do not interact to any significant extent: traditional South Asian descriptive linguistics and sociolinguistics, documentary linguistics, issues of intellectual and cultural property and fieldwork ethics, and language technology. Researchers working in the areas of documentary linguistics and language technology have become aware of each other in the last few years, and of how work in the other area could be potentially useful in furthering their own aims. Similarly, the insights of documentary linguistics are making their way into descriptive linguistics and sociolinguistics. However, the potential for synergy among these areas of research is almost limitless. This volume provides the reader, not so much with a do-it-yourself recipe for applying modern technology to the problem of language shift in South Asia today, but rather with some basic knowledge about the problems involved and some directions from which solutions could be forthcoming, a toolbox rather than a blueprint, for helping to shape the linguistic future of South Asia.
The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia
The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia write by Hans Henrich Hock. This book was released on 2016-05-24. The Languages and Linguistics of South Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 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.
Languages of South Asia
Languages of South Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Languages of South Asia write by G. A. Zograph. This book was released on 2023-03-08. Languages of South Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. First published in 1982, Languages of South Asia covers all important languages and language groups of the so-called Indian subcontinent (India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Nepal and Bhutan). It concentrates on the more southern languages, that is the Indo-Aryan, Dravidian and Munda groups; a brief survey of Tibeto-Burman languages is also included. As well as giving a description of the current status and character of each language, Dr. Zograph goes into a detailed structural analysis of its phonology, morphology and syntax. The problems of the historical background of the modern languages, and their classification, are also discussed. The book is supplemented by two language maps, tables showing the main alphabets, a bibliography of reliable works on the subject and an index of 350 language names used in the text. This book will be of interest to students of language, linguistics and South Asian studies.
Linguistic Archaeology of South Asia
Linguistic Archaeology of South Asia - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Linguistic Archaeology of South Asia write by Franklin Southworth. This book was released on 2004-08-02. Linguistic Archaeology of South Asia available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Linguistics Archaeology of South Asia brings together linguistics and archaeological evidence of South Asian prehistory.
Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics
Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics write by Rajendra Singh. This book was released on 2008-08-27. Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. South Asia is home to a large number of languages and dialects. Although linguists working on this region have made significant contributions to our understanding of language, society, and language in society on a global scale, there is as yet no recognized international forum for the exchange of ideas amongst linguists working on South Asia. The Annual Review of South Asian Languages and Linguistics is designed to be just that forum. It brings together empirical and theoretical research and serves as a testing ground for the articulation of new ideas and approaches which may be grounded in a study of South Asian languages but which have universal applicability. Each volume will have four major sections: I. Invited contributions consisting of state-of-the-art essays on research in South Asian languages. II. Refereed open submissions focusing on relevant issues and providing various viewpoints. III. Reports from around the world, book reviews and abstracts of doctoral theses.
