Annual review of South Asian languages and linguistics 2010 / editor, Rajendra Singh.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Singh, Rajendra.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 238.

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs, 1861-4302 ; 238

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indo-Aryan languages.

Indo-Aryan languages, Modern.

Sociolinguistics--South Asia.

Sociolinguistics.

South Asia--Languages--Semantics.

South Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : De Gruyter, 2010.

Language Note:

English

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 study of South Asian languages but which have universal applicability. Each volume will have three 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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Editorial Preface

General Contributions

On the Origin of Affixal Polysemy/Homonymy in Bengali / Bhattacharja, Shishir

Two Types of NPIs in Hindi with One Licensing Condition / Kumar, Rajesh

Wh-Phenomena in Sinhala / Maliyagoda, Chandrika

Diverging Pathways: The Current Status of Grammaticalization of Hindi Verbs / Poornima, Shakthi / Painter, Robert

Special Contribution: Hindi Pragmatics

On Hindi Conditionals / Sharma, Ghanshyam

Regional Reports

Issues in the Description of Bangla / Dasgupta, Probal

Europe / Peterson, John

Reviews

R.K. Agnihotri and H.K. Dewan (Eds.) - Knowledge, Language and Learning / Sinha, Anjani K.

Shreesh Chaudhary - Foreigners & Foreign Languages in India: A Sociolinguistic History / Mesthrie, Rajend

Dialogue

The Standard, (Non-)Rhoticity and Rhythm in Indian English: A Response to Lange / Sailaja, Pingali

Appendices

Announcements: The Gyandeep Prize/Housekeeping

Notes on Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613166807

9781283166805

1283166801

9783110254976

3110254972

OCLC:

732957445