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Title Annual review of South Asian languages and linguistics 2008 / edited by Rajendra Singh.

Publication Info. Berlin : Mouton De Gruyter, 2008.

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 326 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 209
Annual review of South Asian languages and linguistics ; 2008
Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 209. 1861-4302
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Frontmatter; Contents; Editorial Preface; Transparency and Arbitrariness in Natural Language: Some Empirical Issues; Reduplication and 'echo words' in Hindi/Urdu; No Smoke without Fire: Invisible Agent. Constructions in South Asian Languages; A Pragmatic Account of the Hindi Presumptive; What's So Subversive about Dravidian? Revisiting Finiteness in Dravidian Syntax; Dravidian Syntactic Typology: A Reply to Steever; North America; Linguistic Publications in Bengali (2000-2008): A Brief Review; South Africa; Linguistic Publications in Punjabi (2000-2008): A Brief Survey.
Summary 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.
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Subject Indo-Aryan languages, Modern.
Indo-Aryan languages, Modern.
Sociolinguistics -- South Asia.
Sociolinguistics.
South Asia.
Indo-Aryan languages.
Indo-Aryan languages.
South Asia -- Languages.
Language and languages.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Singh, Rajendra, 1943-2012.
Other Form: Print version: 9783110208290
ISBN 9783110211504 (electronic book)
3110211505 (electronic book)
3110208296
9783110208290