Collected papers in Dravidian studies / Stephan Hillyer Levitt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levitt, Stephan Hillyer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dravidian languages--Lexicology.

Dravidian languages.

Dravidian languages--Phonology, Comparative.

Dravidian languages--Etymology.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Phonology, Comparative.

Lexicology.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 419 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : color portrait ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Chitlapakkam, Chennai : Kaviri Pathippakam, 2017.

Contents:

Is there a genetic relationship between Indo-European and Dravidian?

Some more possible relationships between Indo-European and Dravidian

Dravidian and Indo-European

Indo-European and Dravidian: some considerations

The number 'one'

The number 'one': response to discussants

Dravidian and Austroasiatic

A word for "horse" in Chinese and Dravidian

Words for 'dog' and 'horse' in Finnish and Tamil

Review of Hannu Panu Aukusti Hakola, Lexical affinities between Tamil and Finnish [...]

Fortunatov's law and Dravidian

The alternation of initial consonants in Dravidian

The alternation of *-l- / *-ḷ- and *t- in metathetical forms in Dravidian

The alternation of r and l in Dravidian

I. Kurux̣ nād, Sanskrit nātha, Burmese nat

III. Sanskrit ātmán/tmán and Dravidian *āḷ: a possible solution to a problem based on a postulated nostratic sound correspondence

Mushrooms in Dravidian

Sanskrit uttarapadalopa compounds and Tamil grammatical tradition: echoes of Tamil grammatical tradition in Kātyāyana's Vārttikas

Where does "Barlaam and Josaphat" take place?

The ancient Mesopotamian place name "Meluḫḫa"

Sanskrit -ndr- and Dravidian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

OCLC:

1003249389