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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465998903321

Autore

Schorer Nicolas

Titolo

The Dura language : grammar and phylogeny / / by Nicolas Schorer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2016]

ISBN

90-04-32640-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (474 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Brill's Tibetan Studies Library

Languages of the Greater Himalayan Region ; ; v. 5/17

Disciplina

495/.4

Soggetti

Dura language - Grammar

Dura language - History

Extinct languages - Nepal

Electronic books.

Lamjung (Nepal : District) Languages

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminary Material -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Dura and Their Language -- 3 A Typological Overview -- 4 Towards a Phonology of Dura -- 5 Lexicon -- 6 Nouns -- 7 Adjectives and Adjectivals -- 8 Verbs -- 9 Adverbs -- 10 Minor Word Classes -- 11 Phylogenetic Evidence -- Appendix -- References -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

In The Dura Language: Grammar andamp; Phylogeny Nicolas Schorer provides the definite descriptive account of this hitherto poorly documented language of Lamjung, Nepal. The Dura language is effectively extinct, although attempts at revival may be undertaken by well-intentioned members of Dura ethnicity. On the basis of a comprehensive study and analysis of all of the extant Dura language material, the book outlines the phonology, nominal and verbal morphology, lexical and syntactic properties as well as the phylogenetic position of the language in unprecedented detail. The result of the phylogenetic inquiry will help explain some of the sociocultural realities associated with the Dura community in Nepal and is a significant contribution to our understanding of the linguistic landscape of the Himalayas.