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The linguistic landscape of the Indian Himalayas : languages in Kinnaur / by Anju Saxena.
Van Pelt Library PL3529.5.K56 S39 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Saxena, Anju, 1959- author.
- Series:
- Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages ; v. 14.
- Brill's studies in South and Southwest Asian languages, 1877-4083 ; volume 14
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sino-Tibetan languages--India--Kinnaur.
- Sino-Tibetan languages.
- Indo-Aryan languages--Dialects--India--Kinnaur.
- Indo-Aryan languages.
- Languages in contact--India--Kinnaur.
- Languages in contact.
- Kinnaura (Indic people)--Languages.
- Kinnaura (Indic people).
- Kinnaur (India)--Languages.
- Kinnaur (India).
- Indo-Aryan languages--Dialects.
- Language and languages.
- India--Kinnaur.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 476 pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
- Summary:
- "This monograph is a contribution to the documentation of the linguistic situation of the Kinnaur district in Himachal Pradesh (Indian Himalayas) which has been so far almost undescribed. Sino-Tibetan (Kinnauri and Navakat) and Indo-Aryan (Kinnauri Pahari) languages, which are traditionally spoken in this region, are described as independent linguistic entities and as parts of a multifaceted linguistic ecology, part of which also other linguistic varieties spoken in the wider Himalayan region where Kinnaur is situated are considered. The author endeavors to disentangle genealogical and areal characteristics of the languages of Kinnaur using a combination of traditional linguistic description and a quantitative computational procedure inspired by lexicostatistics, taking also morphosyntax into account"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Kinnaur: geography, demography and languages
- A linguistic sketch of Kinnauri
- A linguistic sketch of Navakat
- A linguistic sketch of Kinnauri Pahari
- Linguistic relationships in Kinnaur I: Sino-Tibetan
- Linguistic relationships in Kinnaur II: language contact between Sino-Tibetan and Indo-Aryan
- The many-faceted linguistic landscape of Kinnaur.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Saxena, Anju, 1959- Linguistic landscape of the Indian Himalayas
- ISBN:
- 9789004512245
- 9004512241
- OCLC:
- 1301482096
- Publisher Number:
- 40031213651
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