I Kalasha del Hindu Kush : ricerche linguistiche e antropologiche / Pierpaolo Di Carlo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Di Carlo, Pierpaolo, author.

Language:

Italian

Subjects (All):

Humanities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (370 pages)

Other Title:

I Kalasha del Hindu Kush

Place of Publication:

Firenze : Firenze University Press, 2010.

Summary:

The Kalush are the last Kafirs (pagans) of Hindu Kush and speak an Indo-European language, which makes them a particularly precious resource for the Indo-European scholar. This thesis offers an in-depth study of their language and of some aspects of their culture. Starting from the data collected during a field study in the least well-known of the three Kalasha valleys, on the border between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the author proposes a contrastive analysis of the everyday language and that used for poetry. This analysis, and the mass of ethnographic data considered, enable the author to identify the socio-cultural reasons behind certain linguistic choices that can be observed in the poetic discourse, thus bringing to light the essence of the relations between language and culture.

Notes:

Description based on: online resource; title from PDF information screen (Worldcat, viewed May 10, 2023).