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Tales from Luristan = Matalyâ Lurissu : tales, fables and folk poetry from the Lur of Bâlâ-Garîva / transcribed and translated with notes on the phonology, the grammar of Luri and Luri-English vocabulary by Sekandar Amanolahi, W.M. Thackston.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Harvard Iranian series ; v. 4.
- Harvard Iranian series ; v. 4
- Language:
- English
- Persian
- Subjects (All):
- Tales--Iran--Luristān.
- Tales.
- Iran--Luristān.
- Tales--Iran--Translations into English.
- Iran.
- Folklore--Iran--Luristān.
- Folklore.
- Folk poetry--Iran--Luristān.
- Folk poetry.
- Fables, Iranian--Translations into English.
- Fables, Iranian.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 248 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : Distributed by Harvard University Press, [1986]
- Summary:
- Little is known of the Luri dialect of Khurramabad, but Professor Amanolahi of Shiraz University has collected various stories from his native town in the local language. Together with Wheeler Thackston of Harvard he has prepared a compact volume covering the tales in transcription, translations into English, a short grammatical sketch, and a Luri-English vocabulary (Luristan is a province of western Iran in the Zagros Mountains). The traditional grammatical analysis of the dialect is easy to follow and the translations of both poetry and prose closely follow the original, a tribute to the close collaboration of the two scholars. This unique volume will be of great interest to students of the folklore, linguistics, and customs of the inhabitants of the center of Luristan.
- Notes:
- English and Persian.
- On t.p. u is barred 'u' of Luri dialect.
- Bibliography: pages xii-xiii.
- ISBN:
- 0674867807
- OCLC:
- 23142169
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