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Language variation in South Asia / William Bright.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bright, William, 1928-2006, author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dravidian languages--Variation.
- Dravidian languages.
- South Asia--Languages--Variation.
- South Asia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume contains 12 essays on the languages of South Asia, written by a leading authority on the subject.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Linguistic Change in Some Indian Caste Dialects; 2. Sociolinguistic Variation and Language Change with A. K. Ramanujan; 3. Dravidian Metaphony; 4. Language, Social Stratification, and Cognitive Orientation; 5. Complex Verb Forms in Colloquial Tamil with J. Lindenfeld; 6. Phonological Rules in Literary and Colloquial Kannada; 7. Hindi Numerals; 8. The Dravidian Enunciative Vowel; 9. How Not to Decipher the Indus Valley Inscriptions; 10. Archaeology, Linguistics, and Ancient Dravidian; 11. Written and Spoken Language in South Asia; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Bibliography:p149-161.-Includes index.
- Previously issued in print: 1990.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-161) and index.
- Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-772194-X
- 1-280-60546-4
- 0-19-536249-7
- OCLC:
- 252617903
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