1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450834003321

Autore

Bright William <1928-2006.>

Titolo

Language variation in South Asia [[electronic resource] /] / William Bright

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1990

ISBN

1-280-60546-4

0-19-536249-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 p.)

Disciplina

494.8

494/.8

Soggetti

Dravidian languages - Variation

Diglossia (Linguistics)

Electronic books.

South Asia Languages Variation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-161) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

South Asia presents the linguist with a bewildering variety of regional dialects, social dialects, formal and informal registers, literary standards, languages, writing systems, and language families. Written over a period of more than twenty years, these essays by a leading authority on South Asian language cover a broad range of topics in South Asian linguistics. The essays address social dialect, structural borrowing, areal linguistics, the relation between literary and colloquial standards, and the role of written language in South Asian culture from the times of the ancient Indus Valley c



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789061903321

Autore

Buratto Lucio

Titolo

PRK : past, present, and future / / Lucio Buratto [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thorofare, NJ : , : SLACK Incorporated, , [2012]

©2012

ISBN

1-61711-802-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (112 p.)

Disciplina

617.7/190598

Soggetti

Cornea - Laser surgery

LASIK (Eye surgery)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The corneal surface -- Optical and mechanical properties of the cornea -- Photorefractive keratectomy -- Photorefractive keratectomy enhancement following previous radial keratotomy and LASIK -- Smoothing in refractive surgery -- How to perform custom ablation -- Corneal biomechanical effects of surface ablation compared with laser in situ keratomileusis using microkeratome or femtosecond laser -- The Athens protocol : PRK and CXL -- Surface ablation (PRK) to enhance previous LASIK -- Preoperative evaluation of patients prior to PRK.